Episode 110. Parrying?
In such a closed space, you should have heard some noise from other rooms no matter how far away you are.
But in most dungeons, this common sense doesn’t work at all.
There are many cases in which the noise from the other side cannot be transmitted at all even though it is only a hundred meters away.
Of course, there are cases where vibrations from hundreds of meters away can be felt realistically.
Is it because this is a world that used to be a game?
“Brother, will things go according to our plan?”
“It should be done.”
“I have to help on the edge, but isn’t the fog too much? If the timing is not right, the chef will die, right?”
“Did you see something earlier? Do you think that cook is going to die easily? He just flew around.”
“Still… That AoE attack was almost instant kill.”
“That’s right. But he’s a healer. Didn’t you see he lasted alone before? He could have been shot right in front of his nose with that wide area, but he was fine.”
Because of the fog, it was unknown how the cook had withstood the boss’s wide area.
Because it was a wide-area attack, it would have been impossible to evade it with the help of tricks.
“That’s also true… But, wouldn’t that ruin our plans completely?”
“No. No matter how hard you try once, if you get caught in a series of traps, the limit will eventually come? No matter how great the cook is, in the end, he will desperately want your help. We just have to show up then.”
Kim Cheol-joong and his party were listening while attached to the wall on one side of the aisle.
Unable to see with the naked eye because of the fog.
When the cook and the hidden boss approached a certain distance, the sound would be heard from then on.
I didn’t know the exact distance, but at least within the range where the traps were set, I could definitely hear them.
That was the calculation from the beginning.
How much time had passed like that?
Perk-
I heard the sound of a trap exploding near the passage on the other side.
“Brother!”
“Shh.”
From now on, the opponent can hear the sound from this side as well.
It is forbidden to make loud noises.
Besides, I can’t see the front yet.
He heard the sound of the trap operating, but he couldn’t even tell whether the opponent caught in the trap was the chef or the boss.
Kim Chul-joong whispered so softly that only his subordinates could hear it.
“An AoE attack is coming. Get ready, everyone!”
“Yes!”
Sure enough, after a while the system sent an alert.
[The Nightmare of Rest has cast ‘Purpose of Rest’.]
“Come!”
It was the same as before.
Kim Chul-jung put his shield in front, and his men huddled close behind him.
This took away the fear of dying, but it wasn’t a perfect defense.
Quaang!
As soon as the wave hit, his stamina slowly went away.
Kim Chul-joong, who was holding a shield at the front, had to bite his molars and fully accept the pressure that hit him like a tidal wave.
The same goes for the guys hiding behind.
At least hundreds to thousands of HP was cut off.
After that tense moment passed, everyone hurriedly took out the potion and inhaled it.
It’s not who made it.
It’s just an instinct to survive.
Due to the boss’ wide-area attack, the surrounding fog has faded.
Daemon Slash and his party focused on grasping the situation in the central hall of the dungeon with their eyes full of strength.
“…!?”
“A bar or a shield?”
“To survive with just that… Oh, he was a healer!”
Healers have a protective shield skill called Protection Shield.
If she had additionally used a shield, she might have been able to withstand the boss’s morale-level wide area in front of her nose.
He must have eaten a dish that would boost his HP.
“By the way, what are you going to do next?”
By now, the cook must have noticed the existence of the trap.
Unless it’s a prank, trap hunters rarely place just one trap.
Therefore, he wouldn’t be able to evade the body as he did before, but the cook put the shield back in.
What the hell are you doing?
“Brother. Slowly…”
“Not yet. He’s still fine.”
Dissuading his subordinates from stepping out, Kim Chul-joong decided to observe the situation a little longer.
Reaching out a helping hand should be a desperate moment.
That way, the effect of winning favor will increase.
Nightmare, who hesitated for a while due to the aftereffects of the powerful skill, began to wield the huge scythe again.
A situation that even assassins who lack agility cannot easily avoid.
But the chef was different.
“…That crazy!”
“Um, is something like that possible?”
Everyone was amazed at the sight unfolding before their eyes.
Caang! Caang! Caang!
Standing still, Taemin began to perfectly parry the sickle wielded by the boss using the blunt weapon in his hand.
The impact changed the trajectory of the boss’ scythe’s attack.
The scythe, which had lost its aim, did not even touch Taemin’s body and left a scratch on him.
“Pee, parry. What is a priest…”
“Is that a real hidden boss? Isn’t that just a normal nightmare?”
“How can a chef do something that is difficult even for knights and warriors to do…”
Parring was a kind of passive skill that warrior-type classes could acquire only after mastering the weapon training skill.
In addition, even if you mastered the characteristics, a high degree of concentration and high strength stats were required to deflect or counter the boss’s attack.
‘At least this is a story from when it was a game…’
After being brought here, the situation got worse.
Even if you have all the components to use parrying, including skills, characteristics, and strength stats, your life can run away with a single mistake.
Rather than using the adventure number of parrying, the shield knight safely lifted the shield and the warriors entrusted the knight with the role of a tanker.
Since parrying is almost defenselessly damaged the moment it fails, a safer method is preferred.
But that chef is doing what such a madman would do right in front of his eyes.
Being wary of the traps around him, he kept his feet in place and didn’t take a single step.
‘Aren’t you nervous? I could die with just one mistake?’
Kim Chul-joong could not close his gaping mouth.
‘Or, do you mean you’re that confident?’
It is difficult to deal with the 4 strongest bosses in the Nightmare Dungeon, or the Nightmare and Hidden Bosses like me.
It’s dizzying to think of tanking alone without a healer.
But that cook is not a tanker.
Not to mention he didn’t have parrying skills.
‘Where the hell were you hiding? Such a monster…’
Kim Chul-joong is one of the senior executives of the Demon Slash Guild, who prides himself on being the strongest.
The level has already exceeded 90, and I have seen countless of them flying and flying both inside and outside the guild.
Among them, how many of them can face the nightmare dungeon hidden boss alone?
Can I get a fever?
Knock-knock. Kim Chul-joong swallowed dry saliva and couldn’t take his eyes off the cook, Jeon Tae-min.
Before long, the boss rushed towards the center of the central hall of the catacombs.
The cook rolled to his side to avoid him, then leaped again and stood in front of the boss’s head.
And.
“Lemon! Wide area!”
Exclaimed.
That voice was clearly audible even to Kim Chul-jung and the others.
“!?”
Sure enough.
Again, the system message popped up without fail, and the same wide-area attack was repeated.
A gale raged, and the fog, which had been confined to the central hall, was greatly dispelled by the successive waves.
“Tongue, brother… Our plan…”
“……”
The plan was a failure.
“Was that a performance for show?”
Chefs no longer used paring.
In the same way as the first time, I was lightly dodging the boss’s attack using a little movement.
There was no hesitation in his steps on the ground.
“The trap… Has already been…”
None of the traps worked.
No, it couldn’t work.
Because all the traps had already been extinguished by the boss’ wide-area attack.
Kim Chul-joong and Tae-min’s gazes crossed for a very short time while the subordinates who realized this belatedly were blaming themselves behind their backs.
Taemin’s expression was relaxed yet stiff.
As if you knew everything.
But he didn’t say anything.
As if he didn’t want to mix things up any more.
I just shouted at the right timing.
“I’m going to the last room. Follow me slowly. If there’s anything behind me, I’ll let you know.”
It was not directed at Kim Chul-joong.
It was a voice directed towards his own comrades.
Complete disregard.
Following that, Taemin’s group appeared in the center and Kim Cheoljoong’s eyes met.
Lemon coldly ignored Kim Chul-joong’s gaze, which became even more stern, and the children inadvertently lowered their heads slightly and ran away.
Rachel and Michael also looked at each other blankly, then followed Taemin to the next room.
Even after the cook party had completely disappeared into the fog, Kim Chul-joong’s face was more mercilessly distorted than ever.
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“Sorry bro. I forgot to think that traps fly in the boss area…”
“I didn’t know when I first made the plan, but I should have thought of the possibility after I got an AOE, but it’s my fault.”
Despite the apology from his subordinates, Kim Chul-joong did not say anything.
I couldn’t even blame it in the first place.
He didn’t even think of himself.
“Okay. Even if it wasn’t for that, the plan didn’t work anyway.”
Kim Chul-joong let out a sigh.
His men started talking in unison, as if they had been waiting.
“Isn’t he really crazy? Isn’t that Chef Priest?”
“That’s right. It’s the first time I’ve ever seen someone like that. He swung his short mace away from that terrifying blade.”
“Isn’t evasive power a joke? Like someone who sees the future…”
Kim Chul-joong waved his hand and signaled him to shut up.
“Noisy, let’s go out.”
“So, are you giving up? That cook?”
“I don’t know, bastard! Let’s go today!”
“Yes…”
Deleted minutes.
But at the same time, the chef’s desire was growing more and more.
‘Damn it… How can I seduce a guy like that…’
“What are you doing bastard! You can’t see!”
I lost my temper for no reason.
I gave up everything and went to the entrance of the dungeon, but my steps stopped because I couldn’t see an inch ahead because of the fog that hadn’t gone away yet.
“If I had known this would happen, I would have brought you a full meal from the beginning. Why did that bastard go hunting for an orc today?”
“That’s it, tell Gilma-nim to go get some orc meat…”
“Who doesn’t know that? Why do you leave the rookies alone? A healer bastard…!?”
It was time for annoyed Kim Chul-joong to blame the healer, his fixed party member in the guild.
Suddenly, goose bumps all over my body.
“Shh.”
The momentary silence.
And the noise from afar breaking the silence.
“Damn it! Everybody hide behind my back!”
“Yes? Why, all of a sudden…”
“It’s noisy and do what it says, bastard! Oh, not that way. Escape this way!”
[The Nightmare of Rest has begun to keep an eye on you.]
Nightmare, who sent Taemin’s party to drop nightmares, set the next target.
“Damn it!”
Originally, the procedure for a hidden boss that has lost its goal is to slowly wander around the dungeon.
There was only one reason why things turned out this way.
“No way…”
“Yes bastard! The boss was damaged by your trap earlier. Oh, the situation is really messy.”
Moments later, Nightmare’s scythe appeared through the fog and attacked Kim Cheol-joong and his party.