146 – When there are no skeletons, they
An item called ‘Little Holy Water’ that Baek A-rin gave out at the entrance. It was water that classes like priests and paladins, who draw power from the gods of the light attribute, used their skills to give attributes to the horse.
This is possible because it is a light attribute that has far better compatibility than other attributes.
Because it contains the energy of the attribute, even though it is weak, even a physical warrior like Baek A-rin can hit a monster like a non-entity type ‘Ghost’ for a while.
Actually, it’s a hard thing to find, but Arin and Jua said they tend to get it easily because they have a link with their academy classmates.
Yeon-hee received the holy water as soon as she came to the dungeon in the morning, and she had experimented with the summoned beasts. As a result.
Spirit Ran, Lizardman, and Kobolds were able to use holy water, but the rest of the monsters were frightened at the slightest contact with holy water.
Of course, the Lizardman and Kobold looked very unhappy when they saw the holy water applied to their weapons, but compared to other monsters, they were still at a very good level.
Lizardmen are blessed by Irmana, so why do kobolds have no objection to holy water? The dark attribute would have been obvious just by looking at it, but it was a strange thing.
Currently, there are only two bottles of holy water per person. Since limited holy water cannot be supplied to all summoned creatures, holy water will only be buried until the weapon of Lizard 3.
Considering the number of summons, more Holy Water was needed, but I thought that two bottles would be enough, so it was the amount decided by the party members yesterday.
No matter how many variables the dungeon has, could you have imagined a situation where you meet a mimic and lose Ilwol?
Of course, there were other reasons for not purchasing the extra portion of holy water.
“This is filthy expensive.”
A bottle the size of a palm that is half full of water costs 1.5 Million won. It was too much of a burden for D-class Hunters.
That was the extent of buying the original 2 million won cheaply at the event price. One bottle of this could barely cover this place for half a day, so it was only natural for the hunters to avoid this dungeon.
Yeonhee and her party members start receiving income from the mine after a few months, but they didn’t want to increase unnecessary spending on the dungeon after one day.
“Ehh… If I had awakened as a monk, I would have made holy water and lived comfortably.”
“So…”
Other people’s rice cakes look big, but Jua and Arin weren’t 100% satisfied with their class.
So I hope something like a dream like a second awakening will happen, but it’s an area that I can’t control myself, so I sometimes complain like this.
At least, this dungeon was not unnecessarily wide and the number of monsters was large, so if you had your skills, you could make profits close to other dungeons.
This was because ghost-type monsters did not produce by-products, but the rune drop rate and quality of magic stones were better than other places.
“Let’s try it once. Fight once and break the boss fight!”
“Yes, yes!!”
“We can do it without Ilwoli! Let’s go!!”
“Ahhh…!!”
* * *
Four hours later.
“Heh heh… Heh heh… sh*t, I really hope I never come in here again.”
200M away from the ‘closed school’ where the boss battle takes place, there was a party of four people gasping for breath.
Arin, who had been swearing for a long time, spoke in a slightly calmer voice.
“… I think we’re in real trouble. Shall we go back now? I think that might be wise. Ghosts tend to be more and more closed.”
Juah Bae shook her head at Arin’s opinion.
And she said, holding her head as if she didn’t know when it was wrong.
“No… I went all-in on mana. I hit the floor several times and the recovery rate slowed down. I heard that it was delayed an hour ago…”
There were two problems facing them now.
One is Bae Joo-ah, the wizard who is clearly the core of the party in this dungeon. There was a problem with her magical power supply.
Making a huge rock was an ability that consumed more mana than I thought.
Irmana’s lake water.
Lee Yeon-hee regretted not taking the water from Ilwol. Seriously, why did I neglect such a simple preparation?
‘It’s because of me… I should have taken care of it.’
Actually, that wasn’t the fundamental problem, but she blamed herself. Second problem. This was a fatal variable.
“Why, why so many ‘ghosts’? Hey, was it like this when you came here a month ago?”
“Anning! It seems like there are at least twice as many as then? Really, why are you like this today…”
“Could it be… That the appearance of Mimics had an effect?”
“Ah, maybe so… Just as the probability of encountering a mutant increases when the number of monsters decreases…”
“Damn… Is that true…”
Baeju knows that because she sleeps for nothing, she thinks that the party members are having a hard time. So, even in the battles she had fought while coming this far, she felt more unreasonable than usual, and as a result, her magical energy was exhausted.
“If you go all the way to the closed school, there are still managers, and you can take a breather, so how do you get there?”
“It’s under siege… It’s under siege…”
“…Do you have 200m left?”
“Yes, I think that’s about it.”
If it was close, it would be close, but considering the remaining magic power of Bae Joo-ah and Lee Yeon-hee, it was not easy to calculate that they would be able to return intact.
‘Magic control failure…’
It wasn’t as serious as Bae Joo-ah, but Lee Yeon-hee’s magic was nearing the bottom. Thanks to the artifact I received from Ilwol, I didn’t even have magic exhaustion, but the speed of magic recovery was noticeably slow.
‘When Ilwol doesn’t exist, I need a summoner capable of magic attacks… I’m too biased.’
Her summoned beasts weren’t very helpful in attacking the enemy, but they judged that they were enough for the role of the so-called breadwinner.
So whenever she was surrounded by ghosts, summoning and resummoning repeatedly, her magic power was rapidly consumed. After all, the best defense is offense. Blocking it is not the answer.
The fortunate thing is that Ham Eun-yeong’s ability to disarm is steadily exerting its power.
The sound of her singing was applied to the monsters without resistance, helping the monsters who acted as tanks to endure for a longer time.
“Are you okay, Eunyoung?”
“… It’s okay, it’s okay.”
She said she likes this dungeon, but does it help her use her abilities? Ham Eun-young did not show any signs of hardship.
– Kyaaa!!
“Here we go again. Sounds like we’re right next door now…”
It was not an illusion. At a very close distance, the screams of the Ghosts were repeating like an echo, stimulating my nerves.
“Damn it… I was really scolded. I’m going to become a virgin ghost like this.”
“Tsk… Yeonhee, how about Ilwol?”
“About 84 minutes left.”
“Haa…”
“I want to see the sun and the moon…”
“……”
I don’t know where I am, but I know where I am.
A summoned beast that uses magic and elemental attacks. The existence of Il-Wol Lee was desperate.
I thought that this amount of power would be enough even without Ilwol, but when I put it into practice, the party’s balance suddenly collapsed.
It was something I had never experienced when Ilwol was with Ilwol.
Especially during battles, summons and party members often got entangled and confused. This also did not happen when Ilwol was there.
If Yeon-hee, who controls the small platoon-sized summons, is her platoon commander, Il-wol was her deputy platoon leader, assisting her.
Opening the way for summons when they are put in the right place, or helping summons that are being cornered by multiple enemies or dealing with unbalanced enemies. Or he gave instructions to the inefficient ones.
It was also the role of Ilwoli to organize the movement so that other party members and summons could move organically.
I realized that such a role as a lubricant was overshadowed by a big skill like the Skull Bomb, but I realized it only when Ilwol disappeared.
‘Irwol had a lot of work to do.’
While Bae Joo-ah was staggering from her magical exhaustion, she was thinking about that in her head.
I thought it was just a singularly strong summon, but it turned out to be the core of this party.
– Hee hee hee hee
– Hee hee hee hee
The Ghosts did not give them a chance to rest. Ghost, an incorporeal monster with a vague human form. They were now encircling the party on all sides and narrowing the siege.
“I have to decide… Why don’t we just run to the closed school?”
“Um… That’s better. Can you call the summons again?”
“Yes. You don’t know how long you can keep it, so get on board right away.”
“Okay!”
When Yeon-hee summons Lizardmen 2, 3, and 4, the hunters accustomed to ride on their shoulders.
“Go!”
As soon as the Summoner’s command was given, the four Lizardmen quickly hit the target.
Kung-kung kung-kung!
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As the massive lizards ran through the dried up and twisted forest, Ghosts attracted by aggro and other monsters who fell into [Stagnation] Ran after them all at once.
And the crowd didn’t just follow from behind. They came from all directions, from the sides and from the front. Yeon-hee eventually summoned additional summons and built a wall around the party members.
Even so, I couldn’t completely avoid the Ghosts’ attacks.
– Fall into [Stagnation] Abnormal status!
– [Peace of mind] Is activated! The abnormal status [Stagnation] Has been lifted!
– Fall into [Stagnation] Abnormal status!
– [Peace of mind] Is …
After a while, they came to the stage where they were constantly exposed to the attacks of the ghosts, and their mental strength was hitting the bottom as they repeatedly fell into helplessness and fear that seemed to last forever.
“The Rock Wall… The Rock Wall! Damn it!”
Bae Joo-ah is now in a situation where magic is not even manifested.
At least he evaded the pursuit with his provocation skill, and now there were about 50m left until the school was closed.
“f*ck, how could there not be a single Hunter passing by!!”
Usually, if you come close to the area where the boss fight takes place, you can breathe because there are hunters flocking to you, but this damn dungeon didn’t even enjoy that advantage.
Still, when I had a small hope while watching the gloomy medieval castle that was gradually approaching my sight, I came across the monster I was most concerned about in this dungeon.
“Why! It hasn’t come out yet, so why is it now!
“It’s really bad… Please, lizard, save us! Run!”
“Ahhhhh…!”
In this dungeon named [Closed School No. 1], The monster that hunters fear more than the boss monster ‘Dread Ghost’.
“Chuckling-“
It was a race. At first glance, it looks similar to Specter, but like Ghost, it still has a little bit of human form and is incorporeal, so physical damage was impossible.
But the reason Reis was difficult to deal with was because of his skills.