Episode 9
“I’m here! Sorry for being late.”
Hilde apologized as soon as she arrived.
“What happened?”
“that is… … . After catching so many zombies, I received a blessing and a linked quest… … .”
Upon entering Thor’s temple, Hilde received a welcome beyond imagination.
“I heard rumors that the monsters were wiped out. Even God will be pleased!”
“thank you.”
“This is His grace.”
Receive the grace of God Thor from the High Priestess and your status will rise.
He also received a new skill, Holy Guard.
When I was about to go after the maintenance, the high priest continued.
“If you become stronger, you might be able to hear the tales of this city… … .”
“What if it’s a snowflake… … ?”
“It has something to do with the Catacombs, but… … . It’s a story I can’t tell you yet. But believer, I feel the energy of darkness in my body… … Aren’t you going around with a warlock?”
Leaving behind the questionable questioning, he returned to the square.
Fafnil listened to it in silence and sighed.
“I guess it’s time to tell you.”
“yes?”
“Sorry for hiding your job. Actually, I’m a necromancer. My level is 31.”
Until now, I hadn’t noticed that I was a necromancer because I fought only with Burn End and control.
However, now that the elite Skeleton Soldier was created, it was impossible to hide it any longer.
“Wow, are you a real necromancer?”
Surprisingly, after hearing that, Hilde didn’t blame Fafnir.
Rather, I was just curious with my eyes wide open.
“But how do you fight so well? I don’t think you’ll lose even if you PVP with me.”
“Ah, that… … .”
“I heard that you are only level 31. So you’re all attacking weak points, right?”
Level 45 Hilde has to hit two shots to catch the zombie.
Killing one zombie per attack like Fafnir was a bigger feat than I thought.
“Are you a martial artist? Or a pro gamer? What game did you play?”
“what… … There is something called Dragon World.”
“Dragon World?”
Hilde tilted her head.
“Is there such a game… … .”
A game that does not exist in the world of fiction.
Fafnil shrugged.
“By the way, have you done all the maintenance?”
“yes.”
“Then let’s go get ready for the hunt right away.”
“Are you a zombie again?”
Although I got used to zombies while hunting with my eyes closed.
Now the zombie hunting itself has slowly gotten tired of it.
Fortunately for Hilde, Fafnil shook his head slightly.
“No, it’s a different monster this time.”
And there was one more thing I had to do to get there.
* * *
-You have entered the 1st floor of the Catacombs.
– You have entered a map with the same attribute (dark).
-Attack and defense increased by +2%.
1st floor of the Catacombs.
Five people entered the underground tomb that was tightly blocked on all sides.
“Let’s go in.”
“yes.”
Knights in the lead, followed by wizards and archers.
Even if Monk and Necromancer hadn’t come instead of priests, it would have been the classic combination itself.
“Hilde-nim, come this way. I will protect you.”
“Ah yes… … .”
The knight user who had been teasing Hilde looked at Fafnir.
“that… … You stick well behind me. Don’t think about doing anything useless.”
A blunt attitude, 180 degrees different from Hilde!
“Now then, Hilde-sama, let’s go.”
“Ugh, what about a healer or a hajinek… … .”
The wizard who followed added.
“Cheap, cheer up.”
Still, compared to the other two, the archer had a decent attitude.
Left alone, Fafnir thought.
‘It’s also a non-mainstream job, so the treatment is low.’
Before coming to the Catacombs, Fafnir tried to save more party members.
However, the task was more difficult than expected.
-Nek and Dilmonk? Who’s with you, hunting.
-Ah then, who does the heel? I can’t tank or heel.
-Will Monk come separately? If you come by yourself, I will give you a bus ride.
The sorrow of a job that is treated with disdain!
Around the time when the two of us wanted to go together.
All of a sudden, these three had proposed first.
‘I wanted to hunt together, but… … . Well, having a party can break things quickly.’
What I’m aiming for is the dungeon clearing data.
Once I checked the process while breaking, I was able to attack this place alone the next time.
‘If I just check the boss pattern, strategy, and trap elements, I’ll have to stop losing right away.’
If it hadn’t been between breaking it once and not seeing it, I would have beaten it first.
‘Until then, let’s do it together.’
Fafnir thought so and followed.
After entering the dungeon like that, a full-fledged fight began.
Click!
Dalgrak!
– Hungry Skeleton
– Crazy Skeleton
Like an underground dungeon, skeletons with special modifiers appeared from the entrance.
“Everyone, let’s start a deal!”
“Fire Arrow!”
“Double shot!”
The knight user who greeted this staged a stable battle.
No, it was a boringly slow battle.
While blocking an attack with a shield, the other two inflict damage, accumulate it, and defeat it repeatedly.
After hunting once, wait until your HP is full.
‘… … To be honest, moths are sore.’
It is definitely a higher level hunting ground, but growth is more than twice as slow as when catching zombies.
Hilde also realized this and continued to look uncomfortable.
Even that wasn’t the end.
If Fafnir tried to breathe even a little, he put the brakes on every movement.
“I’m behind you! Where! behind! back!”
From the time I killed the Skeleton Mage who cursed me from a distance.
“Don’t move, ah!”
“Why is the Necromancer stepping forward! If you’re going to do something like that, don’t do it!”
“Ah, necromancers don’t really do that… … .”
Dragging the aggro of the swarming skeletons to save the knight users.
Even when assassinating elite zombies and cutting off self-destruct monsters, the knight user always shouted.
“Anyway, the non-mainstream has a reason for being non-mainstream.”
“Eh… … .”
The magician’s sigh is heard in addition!
I don’t know if I’d rather curse openly, but I got even more annoyed when I interrupted like that.
-Hilde: I’m sorry.
-Hilde: Because of me… … .
Hilde sent whispers.
-Fafnil: No.
-Fafnil: We came this far thanks to Hilde-nim.
-Hilde: I’ll introduce you to my friends later.
-Hilde: I’ve been separated because I mistyped my starting name, but Fafnir-nim will accept it well because they’re all good kids.
‘Did Hilde have any friends?’
This is something that did not exist in the original novel.
‘I’ll have to find out later.’
Now, it was more important to catch even one more than that.
Fafnir resumed hunting, but the knights and wizards did not know how to stop the sarcasm.
Then, in the end, something happened.
“Fireball!”
In the middle of Fafnir attracting elite skeleton aggro.
A fireball fired by the wizard exploded between the two.
big!
Fafnir received only minimal damage through control.
However, number 1, which was with me, did not.
Hit the explosion with authenticity and oxidize with the monster!
-1’s HP has become 0.
-1 has been reverse summoned.
“what are you doing?”
“Elite mob magazine, don’t you know because you lack skill?”
“I told you to stay still, and then crawled out again… … .”
The wizard user and the knight user answered as if they were one body.
This time, even Fafnir couldn’t stand it.
Even allies are with those who attack together?
It’s not a big crowd, it’s saying that he was caught.
“Just stop. I will go out.”
“Hey, that’s fine.”
Knights and wizards welcomed them with open arms.
“You know you can’t get a distribution if you break out in the middle, right?”
“Have a good trip, busman.”
It’s a non-mainstream class that I didn’t like from head to toe.
It was a great welcome to go out like this.
“… … Then I will go too.”
“No, Hilde-sama, why… … .”
“Leave him alone and hunt by ourselves.”
Hilde, who couldn’t bear to laugh at him, escaped after him.
The knight user tried to catch it somehow, but he couldn’t help it.
-Bane: Jeop… … . A lot of trouble.
-Bane: He’s a bit of an old man… … . It’s kind of a substitute, but I’m sorry.
-Fafnil: No… … . what… … .
-Bane: Let’s go hunting together later. It’s kind of a substitute, but… … . Because Tim will drive you.
The archer user, Bane, separately sent a whisper to Fafnir.
A sincere user who silently shoots arrows while the other two fight all kinds of things!
‘This person’s hit rate was quite good.’
From noble mtl dot com.
Is it a rule that the better the skill, the better the personality?
-Fafnil: I see.
-Bane: Then, I’m busy with work, so stop… … . contact me later
It seemed that he was busy taking care of the other two.
Fafnir, who found a corner seat, also took a breather there.
“Are you okay, Fafnir? Skeleton disease… … .”
After a while.
Hilde, who had followed, asked with a worried face.
“No problem. It’s not like you’re dead forever, and it’s not a great power right now.”
Elite Skeletons don’t end when they die like normal Skeletons.
With just a little bit of money, it could be resurrected right away.
“Rather than that, what do we do now? Should I go back?”
“You don’t have to.”
Fafnil shook his head.
“We’ve already come quite deep, and the rest of the monsters should be able to be defeated with those three.”
“then… … .”
“For now, I will follow those three.”
The purpose of the party in the first place was to gather information about the boss.
Even if you can’t catch it yourself.
At least I had to see who the boss was and how he moved.
“Then I will go with you.”
“I’m sure you’ll be fine.”
Hilde said as if she had been waiting.
It was then.
-Dark Mana has become unstable.
-Monsters become stronger.
– Same property.
-Attack and defense increased by +1%.
“uh?”
“hmm.”
A new notification window appeared in front of the two of them.
At the same time, Fafnil’s expression hardened.
‘It feels strange.’
Something.
Something was happening.
* * *
After Fafnir and Hilde leave.
The warrior party continued exploring the dungeon.
But it wasn’t long before I hit a wall.
Even if two people are missing.
The fundamental problem was different.
“Wait, what’s with these guys’ powers!”
“Ugh! Lord, die!”
Dark mana becomes unstable.
After this message, the specs of the remaining monsters jumped sharply.
If the previous attack was a middle school student’s fist, now it’s the difference between an adult man’s heartfelt punch!
“Let’s retreat for now. Something is wrong.”
An archer user, Bane, suggested it.
The answer was simple.
“it’s crazy? Now the boss is right in front of you, but if you run away, it’s all in vain!”
“But this… … .”
“Okay, let’s try it for now.”
“… … All right.”
Bane’s head fell down.
Going further now is suicidal, no matter how you look at it.
But I couldn’t help it.
Warriors, Michelin Thai are seniors at work in reality.
From the start, Bane had no choice.
The boss monster on the 1st floor of the Catacombs greeted the party with sincerity.
That’s it!
The giant troll zombie roared.
“aaagh!”
“Save me, save me! Shiva! do something! stop! stop! Stop it!”
The warrior user caught in the hand screamed.
“It’s not even a fuss.”
Corridor near the boss room.
Fafnir expressed his honest feelings while watching the party members being hunted.
troll.
It was the appearance of powerful monsters on a different level from Orcs and human zombies.
Although it was a zombie, it lost its ability to regenerate.
Since it was a powerful monster in the first place, the battle didn’t work out at all.
“Shouldn’t I help?”
After the warrior user became a piece of meat.
Hilde, who saw the wizard running away alone, asked.
“Then they’ll probably make a fuss about stealing the experience.”
Considering the behavior of the two of them, it was quite possible.
‘Bane became a bait to save the two of them and was caught and killed.’
Still, Bane succeeded in sniping the tricky wizards and archers first.
After that, he successfully acted as a decoy.
However, the difference in power was too great.
‘Still, something bothers me.’
The equipment of that trio is not bad from an objective point of view.
In particular, Vane is also a pretty good archer, so originally, he wouldn’t be pushed that far.
The problem is that the power of the monsters has become much stronger than before.
Although it was about 1.2 times, the difference was clearly felt.
‘But why?’
When not, there is no smoke in the chimney.
As Fafnir was thinking, he heard a choking sound in his ears.
“It’s over.”
Fafnir averted his eyes and said.
In the next moment, several arrows were pierced into the wizard user’s back.
It was the moment when the wizard’s screams, which had been running away until the very end, suddenly stopped.
When the fallen wizard disappeared, a few silver coins and items were left in its place.
“We are going back now.”
said Hilde.
However, instead of answering Fafnir, his eyes lit up.
‘The pattern was roughly analyzed… … . He’s also lost quite a bit of HP.’
If it was full HP, it would not have been possible.
However, fighting against three troll zombies, the HP of the troll zombies was also considerably reduced.
very little.
Just like water that reached 99 degrees stopped before boiling.
‘… … All that’s left is my DPS… … .’
Fafnil, silent and silent, lost in thought.
When no answer came, Hilde slowly reached out to Fafnir’s shoulder.
That was the moment.
“… … Mr. Hilde.”
“yes?”
Fafnir muttered softly.
“Let’s catch that guy.”
However, the content was a huge bombshell.