𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟏𝟏
‘Tsk.’
On one hand, I was curious about Ukron’s damage, but I didn’t need to find out by being trampled like dried squid.
Kwaaaang!!━
So I ran with all my might to escape the attack range, and I immediately felt the impact that shook the ground. However, if Ukron only used such monotonous attacks, I felt that there was a good chance of winning.
‘That can’t be true, though.’
It would be ridiculous for a raid boss to only use stomping attacks.
Anyway, after dodging Ukron’s attack, I quickly turned around and struck the back of its foreleg with Thunder Strike, which was almost fully restoring my health and stamina.
Then, Ust’s attack followed.
As soon as Ukron moved, Ust and I were dealing tens of thousands of damage, but Ukron didn’t show any particular movement.
‘Could it be that the domination is incomplete?’
If so, it made sense that it wasn’t showing any particular movement.
━Move. Your enemy is beneath you.
‘It’s openly calling me an enemy.’
To be precise, wouldn’t the forcibly dominated Apostle be the enemy?
But whether those absurd words had an effect or not, Ukron’s head slowly rose high into the sky, and then it looked down at the ground where Ust and I were.
It seemed like it was raising its head to figure out our location.
In addition, I could see a message window that appeared in front of me.
[Ukron, the Black-Stained Earth Dragon, uses Violent Earthquake.]
Kukuukung!━
“……!?”
Suddenly, the ground began to shake so violently that I couldn’t even move my feet.
‘Damn it, what kind of skill is this?’
With a feeling like my feet were stuck to the ground, I frowned and tried to break free, but it was definitely not easy.
And in the meantime, Ukron raised its foreleg again to trample me.
“Elsyke’s Phantom Shift.”
Pat━
The method I chose, unable to move my body due to the earthquake, was to change my location using Phantom Shift.
Fortunately, the earthquake seemed to only have the effect of binding feet, so the skill was easily used, and soon I saw the phantom being trampled by Ukron’s foot.
Kwaaaang!!━
“……”
I don’t know how much damage appeared because the phantom took the attack instead, but seeing the phantom disappear in a single blow, it seemed to have a considerable attack power.
‘I’d rather……’
Wouldn’t it be more likely to succeed if I climbed onto Ukron’s body and fought the Apostle instead of fighting Ukron on the ground?
Frankly speaking, if I hadn’t escaped to the top of Ukron’s head earlier, it wouldn’t have been strange if I had already defeated it with the damage I was dealing.
“Elsyke’s Phantom Shift.”
Thinking that if I defeated the Apostle, Ukron’s domination might be released, I used Phantom Shift again to climb onto Ukron’s body.
Kukung━
“Huh?”
As if it noticed me climbing on, Ukron moved its tail and swung it down like a whip.
If possible, I wanted to dodge, but seeing the speed and size of the incoming attack, I thought there was no other way than to fall from Ukron’s body and eventually raised my shield.
If I had to fall from its body to avoid the tail every time it came up, I thought it would be better to endure the attack and then recover.
Kwaaaang!!━
“Ugh!”
However, even though I blocked it with my shield, I couldn’t withstand the weight of Ukron’s tail and my knees buckled. And, surprised by the unexpected impact, I immediately checked the damage.
[You have taken damage! -14,206.]
‘What kind of damage is……’
It wasn’t a special skill, just a simple tail attack, but the damage was beyond imagination.
‘Doesn’t my armor have a 10% damage reduction effect?’
My armor, enhanced to +15, had a 10% damage reduction effect, but considering that, if this much damage appeared, it didn’t seem like a monster designed to be faced head-on.
No, I need to recover my health first.
“Thunder Strike!”
I quickly struck Ukron’s body with Thunder Strike and recovered about 6,000 health, but it didn’t even fill half of the health I had lost.
KuoOOO!
[Ukron, the Black-Stained Earth Dragon, uses Unbreakable Skin.]
[All physical damage is reduced by 50%.]
‘Wow.’
It really does everything.
If this is the case, even if I use Thunder Strike, I won’t recover much health.
‘Should I just ignore it and run to the Apostle?’
While I was briefly contemplating, Ukron swung its tail again.
Considering my remaining health, I won’t die.
However, judging that it would be difficult to recover health anymore due to Unbreakable Skin, I quickly turned and ran towards the Apostle.
I chose the Apostle in a split second.
[You have taken damage……]
“Item Storage.”
Thanks to that, I received close to 30,000 damage, but I had already recovered once, and I was able to recover some of that damage by taking out the Unending Healing Potion from my inventory and drinking it.
[Health and Magic Power are restored by 7103/4704.]
At the same time, running along Ukron’s body, I got closer to the Apostle faster than I thought, and the Apostle, seeing me approaching, spoke as if surprised.
━Are you trying to fight me instead of the dragon?
“Giant’s Sprint!”
━That’s reasonably wise.
The problem was that the speed of Giant’s Sprint didn’t come out properly because my stats had decreased.
Even so, I thought it didn’t matter since the goal was to knock the Apostle down, so I ran straight, but the Apostle, who had already noticed, responded without difficulty.
━Hup!
The Apostle’s fist, thrust out with a short shout, and my Giant’s Sprint.
While I took damage even when blocking with a weapon before, this time, perhaps because I used a skill, a slightly different result appeared.
Kwaaaang!━
[Skill Damage! 18,247.]
[You have taken damage! -3,520.]
‘Do I take damage unconditionally if I get hit?’
I don’t know the principle of its attack, but it seems like I take damage unconditionally if I come into contact with its fist.
However, I was able to get close before getting hit by Ukron’s tail attack, so I moved on to the next action.
“Armor of Protection.”
Using Armor of Protection as a countermeasure against any possible attacks, I immediately grabbed the Apostle’s waist and threw myself sideways.
━Ugh, let go!
“Ust! Attack the Apostle first!”
As I threw myself sideways while holding onto the Apostle’s body with determination, I was able to knock the Apostle down as I intended.
Moreover, since I had given the order to Ust, all the attacks would now be poured on the Apostle, and I also believed that I could recover my lost health by using Thunder Strike repeatedly.
━Did you think you would have a chance of winning by knocking me down?!
As soon as I fell to the ground with the Apostle, I quickly used Thunder Strike and swung my shield.
Originally, because my agility had dropped to the 700s, there was a high chance that my attacks would miss, but I dared to attack, trusting in the effect of the Thunder Strike skill.
Because Thunder Strike has an attack speed correction.
Kwang!━
[Skill Damage! 18,341.]
[Health is restored by 1,779.]
The shield, swung quickly with the 460 attack speed correction of Thunder Strike, was able to hit the Apostle, but unfortunately, the next important second and third attacks missed.
If they had all hit, I could have recovered a significant amount of health.
Helplessly, I recovered using the potion I received from Sina and continued to attack along with Ust.
“Thunder Strike!”
Kwaaaang!━
[Armor of Protection takes the impact instead. -7,375.]
‘Damn it.’
Originally, I wanted to recover health with Thunder Strike, but separately from that, damage was coming in.
Rather, I, the attacker, was taking damage.
Still, it seemed like an even fight was taking place thanks to Ust summoning the Tree of Death and launching various attacks, but the fundamental problem remained unsolved.
Kwaaaang!━
‘Health is……’
[Health：26744 (+8500)/35518]
The Armor of Protection, which I had used while knocking down the Apostle, was broken after three attacks.
In the meantime, I was able to recover some health, but if this turned into a long battle, there was no need to think about who would have the advantage.
[Ukron, the Black-Stained Earth Dragon, summons Earth Warriors.]
Perhaps because I had briefly fought the Apostle, Ukron didn’t use its stomping attack and seemed to be summoning something strange.
Turning my head at the message, I saw the soil wriggling and rising, and then dozens of human-shaped figures holding swords and shields appeared.
‘Still, if it’s just that much……’
It seemed like Ust could sufficiently respond with the Tree of Death it summons.
The self-destruction used by the Tree of Death had a wide enough range to easily sweep away 4-5 of those earth figures.
Or, in an emergency, I could deal with those earth figures to recover health.
Kwakwang!━
━It can’t be helped.
Suddenly, the 18th Apostle, who had endured Ust’s Dark Ray and various other attacks, uttered those words and then placed his hand on his chest.
‘Wait, is that?’
[The 18th Apostle of Beluin sacrifices a portion of his health to use one of Beluin’s powers.]
‘It’s a power after all.’
At the message saying he was using a power, I hurriedly rushed in and attempted an attack.
Maybe my attack could cancel the power.
Since I had died once before after being hit by the Sword of Ruin summoned by a power, I wanted to somehow prevent him from using the power, but the messages continued.
[The 18th Apostle of Beluin summons Black Wings.]
‘Wings?’
I didn’t know what Black Wings were, but the situation itself seemed to be in my favor so far.
The Apostle’s health had been depleted to some extent, which is why he used the power, and his health would have decreased further due to using the power, so maybe if I just did a little more, I could win?
The Earth Warriors summoned by Ukron were also bothersome, but they were nothing compared to the Apostle.
In other words, if things continued like this, there was a high chance of me winning.
‘But……’
What is that?
Black wings, made of black smoke, sprouted from the back of the 18th Apostle who had summoned something called Black Wings with his power.
If that was all, there wouldn’t be any problem, but the Apostle with those wings immediately soared into the sky, and I, with no way to deal with an opponent floating in the air, looked at the Apostle for a moment with a dumbfounded feeling.
‘Is that guy running away now?’
As I expected, the Apostle who had risen into the air immediately flew away and landed on Ukron’s head.
At the same time, Ust’s Dark Ray flew towards the Apostle, but Ukron, who had noticed it even before the Dark Ray was fired, blocked it instead by slightly raising its head.
‘This is a bit troublesome.’
Even if I climbed onto Ukron’s head again and knocked him down, he could just fly away again.
Conversely, even if I tried to attack Ukron, its attack power and defense were so high that it was questionable whether I could properly handle it.
‘There doesn’t seem to be any good way.’
It can’t be helped.
If my stats were normal, I could have somehow found a way to fight, but since that wasn’t the case, I thought there was no other way and decided to use my last resort.
“Karzel’s Card Summoning.”
If this is the case, I’ll seal Ukron.
I didn’t know if there were any hidden elements like releasing the domination, but I thought there was a high chance of me being caught if things continued like this, so I used Karzel’s Card Summoning to create a shining card and attached it to Ukron’s nearby foreleg.
“Ust, swallow me!”
And when I gave the order to Ust, Ust swung its thick branches, wrapped around my body, and put me into its mouth.
Now, if I just wait 1 minute here……
[Ukron, the Black-Stained Earth Dragon, summons Dragon’s Breath.]
‘Dragon’s Breath? Breath attack?’
Kukuukung━
Suddenly, I could feel the whole surroundings shaking.
I couldn’t exactly guess what kind of attack Dragon’s Breath was, but Ust was no ordinary creature either.
It had already absorbed the Kraken and Arnela, possessing even stronger stats, and now it was further strengthened with various items, so I believed it could withstand Ukron’s attack.
However.
[Ukron, the Black-Stained Earth Dragon, summons Dragon’s Breath.]
[Ukron, the Black-Stained Earth Dragon……]
‘What the hell is this guy doing?’
Ukron used Dragon’s Breath three times in a row, as if it wanted to kill Ust by any means necessary.
Moreover, after seeing the message about the third Dragon’s Breath, I soon saw the surroundings brighten.
[Ust, Swallowing the Bitter Cold, has been unsummoned due to fatal damage.]
[Ust, Swallowing the Bitter Cold, is a special summoned beast with truly tremendous health.]
[A total of 1,065 minutes is required to summon it again.]
“……”
In addition, from the content of the message, I could tell that Ust, which had been hit by three Dragon’s Breaths, had died.
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