𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟔𝟑
‘This is……’
The Sanctuary of Light?
“What, what is this?”
“Suddenly, the light……”
“Wow.”
A light, brighter and more brilliant than the barrier created using the sacred object as a medium, illuminates the surroundings.
It even pushes back the black smoke that Beluin created, covering the sky.
Finally, everyone, mesmerized by the fantastic sight of sparkling light dust falling like snow from the sky, forgot about the battle and just stared blankly at it.
[Your health recovers by 1% per second due to the power ‘Sanctuary of Light’.]
[All stats increase by 15%.]
[The power of darkness begins to fade.]
Chiiik━
Suddenly, gray smoke rose from Beluin’s body as if it were burning.
Is the power of darkness disappearing?
The power of darkness that perfectly negates any damage below a certain threshold.
Originally, the power of darkness was said to activate only when Beluin’s power was more than half recovered, but with the Sanctuary of Light, his power was reduced by half again, so it seemed that the power of darkness was also disappearing.
And as if my prediction was correct, there was a reaction from the surroundings.
“Uh, uh? Damage is going through!”
“What? Then you’ve been attacking without even dealing damage until now!?”
“I’m saying it’s going through now!”
Is it done now?
If the damage is going through, then it seems that the power of darkness has definitely disappeared.
This also means that thousands of players can inflict damage little by little, so the possibility of winning against Beluin has increased dramatically.
‘Huh?’
At that moment, I saw Illia staring at the falling light dust with a bewildered expression.
Well, she probably didn’t expect the Sanctuary of Light to actually appear.
Anyway, Illia, who had been staring blankly at the light dust, soon came to her senses and approached me.
“What happened? How did the Sanctuary of Light appear?”
“Maybe my earnest prayer reached them.”
“What nonsense…… Anyway, it’s a good thing. With this, we can definitely catch Beluin.”
As Illia said, almost all the players were busy attacking Beluin.
It seems they are enjoying the attack now that the damage is going through.
And Beluin, perhaps feeling desperate, ordered his apostles to attack, and the apostles, as if they had been waiting, rushed out, creating a situation where a total of six enemies were facing off against everyone.
“……”
There were only six opponents, but there were at least 3,000 or more players on this side.
Therefore, no matter what Beluin did, it was undeniable that the players had the advantage.
But the feeling I felt in my head was completely different.
‘If this continues, we will lose.’
We might have the advantage in the beginning, but once Beluin starts to get serious, we will be pushed back unilaterally.
I don’t know why, but I felt that way.
‘Illia seems convinced that we’ve almost won……’
I decided to trust the intuition I felt in my head rather than Illia’s words.
“Then I’ll go towards Beluin too.”
“We’ll win if we leave it like this, though?”
Win, my foot.
“……I need to earn contribution points.”
“Ah~ That’s right. Good luck.”
Illia herself didn’t seem to have any intention of fighting, but I didn’t care.
Anyway, after taking my eyes off Illia, I looked back at where Beluin was, and seeing Beluin surrounded by countless players and constantly attacking, I couldn’t help but think that it wouldn’t be easy.
‘But I have to go.’
Because if I leave it like this, we will lose.
With that thought, I immediately kicked off the ground and ran towards Beluin.
I could see the remaining five apostles besides Beluin, but I didn’t have the time to worry about them.
The other players will take care of the apostles.
As I moved closer to Beluin, I decided to summon Ust from the start.
“Title change, Summon.”
[Summoning Ust, Swallowing the Bitter Cold.]
After changing back to the Light Knight title, I looked for an opportunity to attack Beluin through the chaotic mix of players, but it seemed difficult for now because so many players were clinging to him.
What is that Beluin guy doing, not disappearing quickly?
‘Huh?’
While I was grumbling to myself for a moment, Beluin’s next move seemed to come to mind.
“Blink.”
Assuming it would be the power of destruction, I quickly used Phantom Shift to escape Beluin’s attack range, and as soon as I turned my head, I saw black particles gathering on Beluin’s sword.
[Beluin, the God of Deep Darkness, uses Sword of Destruction.]
‘As expected.’
It was an attack I had seen several times in the Karzen Kingdom.
However, perhaps because Beluin’s body was not in its best condition due to the Sanctuary of Light, there was a sense that he swung the sword hastily. Black waves spread from the sword he swung, but I could see that the power had decreased compared to before.
Kwa Kwa Kwa Kwaang!!━
Even so, it swept away most of the existing players without any difficulty.
‘Well, it’s not bad.’
It’s unfortunate for the dead players, but thanks to that, most of the players who were clinging to Beluin were cleared out, so I could fight freely.
‘But what’s going on?’
I just thought I would fight Beluin, but all sorts of thoughts are coming to my mind.
The thought that if I act like this, Beluin will act like this too.
To put it simply, Beluin’s movements come to mind depending on my actions.
However, since I needed confirmation, I decided to move first.
“Jayer’s Guardian Shield.”
[S-rank skill, Jayer’s Guardian Shield is activated.]
“Blink.”
First, after using various support skills including Jayer’s Guardian Shield, I moved behind Beluin with Phantom Shift and immediately lowered my head.
At the same time, the Sword of Destruction grazed my head, but I had already perfectly dodged it, so there was no damage.
“Thunder Strike.”
Besides, there was no reason to leave the gap created by the dodge alone.
I quickly struck Beluin’s leg with Thunder Strike as if pushing him away, and immediately retreated to avoid his following attack.
The reason I was able to dodge so easily like now was not only because I reacted to his attack one beat faster, but there was another reason.
‘He’s slowed down.’
Due to the effect of the Sanctuary of Light, Beluin’s stats were lowered, making him slower, but on the contrary, all my stats were increased by 15%.
In other words, Beluin became slower, and I became faster.
Moreover, that difference was not only applied to speed.
Chaeng!━
Blocking the sword he swung again with the Infinite Sword, I dug inside and struck him with the shield.
Before, due to the difference in strength, my whole body was pushed back when I blocked Beluin’s attack, but this time, I was able to block it somehow to a manageable level.
[Skill Damage! 80,122.]
As a result, I was able to land the second hit of Thunder Strike, and thanks to the effect of the Light Knight title, double damage was applied, so I was able to deal much higher damage than I expected.
━Keuk.
“Does it hurt a lot?”
I inflicted more than 100,000 damage with just two attacks, so it couldn’t not hurt, right?
[Beluin, the God of Deep Darkness, uses Black Moonlight.]
“Blink.”
Beluin seemed to be using a skill in response to my taunt, but I easily dodged it with Phantom Shift before the message even appeared.
Moreover, seeing that the phantom that appeared in my original position did not disappear even after being hit by the skill Black Moonlight, it seemed that the damage had also decreased.
Kwaaang!!━
[Skill Damage! 110,600.]
After dodging and landing the third hit, I finally slammed the shield on the ground and attempted an additional attack.
“Phantom Explosion.”
Kwaaang!!━
[Skill Damage! 72,054.]
[Skill Damage! 43,532.]
The shockwave, the fourth attack of Thunder Strike, and the Phantom Explosion damage.
With this attack, I inflicted more than 300,000 damage in total, but it was still far from enough considering his health.
He had so much health that I would have to hit him with an attack like this more than 30 times to kill him.
‘But I’m not worried.’
After all, my power and Beluin’s power were equal, and I was accurately grasping his attacks.
I guess I could even know the attacks I haven’t seen before?
Also, while I was dealing with Beluin, the players who were waiting for an opportunity joined in and were still inflicting damage little by little.
━If it weren’t for this sanctuary……
“It’s too late for regrets.”
━Well. Is that so?
[Beluin, the God of Deep Darkness, uses Mark of Death.]
‘Yeah, I was wondering why he wasn’t using it.’
I already knew he would use Mark of Death, but there was no way to avoid this attack.
It hits unconditionally when used.
I don’t know if it’s because it’s a power, but I realized there was no way to avoid it, so I had no choice but to take the Mark of Death and was able to think of the next attack, which was the same way he killed me in the Karzen Kingdom.
“Blink.”
[Beluin, the God of Deep Darkness, uses Light Tainted with Darkness.]
However, I had already anticipated this attack and moved behind Ust with Phantom Shift before the message even appeared.
But this alone was not enough.
Kwaaang!!━
As soon as the intangible shockwave hit Ust’s body, I immediately jumped up and grabbed his body.
At the same time, I saw the ground turning black, and it seemed that continuous damage would be inflicted just by touching this ground.
I haven’t confirmed it, but that’s what my head tells me.
Moreover, I was currently marked with the Mark of Death, so it could have been dangerous, so I waited for the black color on the ground to disappear, and soon after, I could see the black color gradually fading away.
‘I managed to avoid it, but……’
It seemed that the other players were not so lucky.
Almost all the players who were attacking Beluin nearby turned gray from the attack just now.
Anyway, I didn’t have time to worry about that, so I immediately landed on the ground and rushed towards Beluin, and Beluin, perhaps surprised that I would charge like this with the Mark of Death on me, showed a slight surprise.
“Thunder Strike!”
In any case, the battle itself was proceeding overwhelmingly in my favor.
The fact that I knew his attacks in advance was a big factor, but even if it wasn’t just that, the fact that my stats and his were similar, and the existence of the Infinite Sword, allowed me to proceed like this.
Chaaak!━
‘Oh, Extinction Sword.’
And at that moment, Aizen, who had finished dealing with the apostles and came this way, slashed Beluin with Extinction Sword, and Heuksin also started to help by summoning various summoned beasts.
“I apologize for being late, Rudin-nim.”
“You’re not particularly late.”
“Then that’s a relief.”
Anyway, with Aizen, who had finished dealing with the apostles, and the guild members joining in to attack Beluin, our side also suffered considerable damage, but the outcome did not change.
Kwaaang!!━
━In the end…… it had to be this way.
‘Is it over?’
The body of Beluin, who uttered those words, began to scatter little by little, turning into black dust.
Seeing that, I and the other players stopped attacking for a moment and silently watched Beluin’s figure, and as Beluin’s figure disappeared completely, a message appeared as if waiting.
[Beluin, the God of Deep Darkness, disappears from the earth.]
[Congratulations! The second main scenario has ended.]
[Additional rewards will be given according to your contribution to the main scenario.]
‘Huh? This message seems a little different from the one I saw before.’
When I completed the first main scenario, it said that additional rewards would be given according to the progress, but this time, a message appeared saying that additional rewards would be given according to the contribution.
“What? Where did the Beluin reward go?”
“Is it being replaced with the main scenario reward?”
“Ah…… I wasted my time catching him.”
Others might say they wasted their time catching him, but if this reward includes catching Beluin, it wouldn’t be a bad reward.
So I waited for the next message with some anticipation, but……
[Beep!- Warning!]
[The player’s condition has been detected as critical.]
‘Huh? This message is……’
[Disconnecting immediately.]
With that message as the last, I was suddenly disconnected and felt a headache consuming me.
“Ugh, aaack!”
But it’s different from the phenomenon I experienced before.
[Requesting emergency call due to the player’s critical condition……]
“Cancel! Cancel!”
[Emergency call cancelled.]
[Immediate rest is recommended.]
Realizing that there was nothing wrong with my body except for the headache, I immediately shouted to cancel, and in response to my shout, the capsule remained silent, recommending rest.
‘Ugh, damn it. My head.’
Fortunately, it seemed like there was nothing wrong with me other than the headache.
Is this because of the strange intuition I used earlier?
Anyway, I couldn’t connect with this headache, so I decided to wait for it to subside for a while.
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