151 – Reaper
“Sup… Something’s weird…”
Joo-a tilted her head, and A-rin pricked her ears before she spoke urgently.
“Everybody, let’s get together. Now that I’ve heard-“
There was no way Arin, who had good hearing, couldn’t hear what I heard. Arin said that the other party’s status is not so good right now, and she rather says that she has high expectations from us.
“There are three hunters who have been demoted to level 30, so what do you expect from us? Ah- I already registered… Shall I cancel now? Even if I eat bans for 3 days, it’s safe to go-“
There is a pretty strong penalty for canceling registration after registering for a boss fight.
“Tickktoktaktak!!”
“Huh? I thought Ilwol had something to say.”
(Ilwol told me not to worry. Master!)
“Ah, they told us not to worry. We can do it.”
“Is it January?”
“Yes, yes.”
“Ohhh!! As expected!”
“It’s reassuring. hehehe-“
After a while, there was an announcement that the boss battle would start soon.
[We will gather those who applied for the last boss battle~]
The management staff sent a message to enter the boss fight with a muffled voice. At the sound, the waiting hunters all lined up in front of the door to the closed school.
“Why don’t people who went in come out?”
“There is a back door going out.”
“Aha.”
In front of the brown door that is now all rotten. Through the cracks in the broken door, I could catch a glimpse of books, tables, and chairs scattered in a disorderly manner.
It looks like a small castle from the outside, but the inside is like a huge circular auditorium, so it was called a closed school.
[Yes, you can enter in order from the front.]
With the signal from the management staff, we started entering the castle.
“Well, nothing yet.”
“Rather, the atmosphere inside isn’t heavy, is it?”
It was in a chaotic state as if something huge had shaken the auditorium surrounded by bookshelves once, but surprisingly the lights were turned on again so it didn’t feel that dark.
– Floor, everyone be careful of the floor! It comes up from below!
Hunters raise their toes for no reason at someone’s cry.
Of course, this is information that everyone knows, but it was good to be reminded of it one more time before starting.
– Hee hee hee…
“…If you’re going to come out, come out quickly.”
True to their word, the Ghosts didn’t show up even after a few minutes after we entered.
But this was the original concept here. Do they even know that hunters are rather anxious because nothing is happening?
Woo woo woo-
I was already maximizing my senses, but the energy of the monsters began to be captured one after another within the wavelength. I’m trying to start slowly.
‘Is the race still going?’
– Whoaaa!!
“The boss is here! It’s so big!”
“That son of a b*tch is a swindler!”
In the end, the race did not show up until the boss monster, ‘Dread Ghost’ appeared.
As soon as the Dread Ghost, which was huge enough to fill the auditorium, appeared, it tried to overpower it.
However, that gigantic figure was camouflage, and the actual body is slightly larger than a normal Ghost, so don’t be intimidated.
“Huh…! Creepy!”
“Ugh… Sun Moon…”
I can feel the trembling of Yeon-hee holding my hand. As I held her warm body temperature and her fingers slightly wet with sweat, her trembling gradually stabilized.
It will be a different feeling of fear compared to dealing with normal creatures.
– Whoaaa!!
At the second roar of the Dread Ghost, dozens of ghosts jump out at the same time from the ceiling, the floor, and the bookshelves filled with books.
A Hunter fell to his knees without power as soon as he started being eaten up by a ghost that came up from the floor.
I was told to be careful underneath, but it seemed like I couldn’t avoid the seat during the time I fell into [Stagnation].
Of course, that one person wasn’t the only problem. Everyone was going through similar difficulties, but soon lights began to flash everywhere.
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– Purify!!
– Big, Cleanse!!
Those who had the ability to cancel other parties gathered their remaining power and began to manifest their skills.
And at our party, there was one special about him.
“Crossing the river – the hands of darkness The dead hovering over the soiled books – Little hands turning the pages – The time to end your suffering – Shining warriors are here to decorate the last blank pages Ni―― “
‘Sometimes it sounds like a book.’
A short line of poetry resonating through the auditorium in rhyme is repeated over and over again.
A wide area release skill.
The other party members look at Ham Eun-young with thrilled expressions at the amazing power contained in her singing voice. At least for now, she should look divine like her saint.
‘Let’s catch the boss first. I need to let go…’
I put my forehead on Yeonhee’s shoulder to let her know that I was leaving.
“…… Ugh, yes! Please!”
Huuk――
As soon as her words fell, she leaped high into the air, spread her gliding cloak and flew straight at the Dread Ghost.
I felt several hunters from other parties open their mouths.
‘Rather than dropping thoughtlessly from above.’
Huwook-
It flew all the way over his head and descended toward the center. When I reached the target point, I saw the figure of the body floating in the air and crouching there.
He was secretly hiding and giggling at the hunters by himself, but he belatedly figured out my existence.
– Whoa?!
‘Hello?’
Since it was a non-entity type, I reached the center of its torso without much resistance, and I already had a lot of skull bombs in my hand.
Now, the speed at which bombs are pulled from the inventory has also increased significantly, so the attack was made in a very short time, and 30 skull bombs exploded simultaneously in an instant.
Kwakwakkwang!! Kwakwang!! Kwak Kwa Kwa Kwa Kwa Kwa Kwa Kwa Kwah!!
As a series of explosions erupted in an enclosed space, screams came out of the hunters who had been arguing with the Ghosts for a while.
Whoo oh oh–
Although it was blown up while floating on the floor, all the structures around it were already blown up.
– Killed ‘Dread Ghost’!
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It is quiet. Not only did the Hunters become dumb, but even the Ghosts had their eyes fixed on my direction as if they couldn’t believe this situation.
– ·······
– Ah… With one attack… Does that make sense?
– …… Reaper, Reaper.
– Deathbringer…
I could feel fear and a little awe in the eyes of the hunters looking at me.
‘… The reaction is grandiose. Was 30 more than that? No… 20 Might not have been enough.’
Still, he nodded, feeling satisfied with the one kill.
– Experience gained.
– Due to a special event, all of the daily rewards in the dungeon have been exhausted. Runes are not given.
However, it was strange that compensation was not paid apart from satisfaction.
‘…? Is this what the kids were talking about? Even though it’s a boss level, it doesn’t give a reward rune? Too much?’
As I received the reward from Mimic, it was at least acceptable, but other hunters couldn’t help but have complaints.
Soon after, the hunters who came to their senses expressed strong dissatisfaction as they saw the message to kill the boss that came to mind.
“Seriously AC, why are you doing this today?”
“I heard there was a mimic event.”
“Mimic?! Where did you hear that?”
“I overheard a party of six passing by talking about that. They said they were too hasty and regretted it.”
“I guess the people who took part in the event got quite a lot of rewards? I heard that all the rewards for the day were exhausted… I’ve never heard of such a thing.”
“Everybody, wake up. It’s not over yet!”
As the boss died, four Wraiths appeared from all sides. When the boss fights in earnest, it seems that he was waiting to hit the backs of the hunters.
But it must have appeared in a hurry after the boss disappeared at an early hour.
Having identified their location at the time of the bomb detonation, I was already waiting in front of the guy who appeared from the right.
[Flame Slash]
Death Geoeok-!
I quickly cut the dagger downward and spread the body from side to side. Wraith, who had a body that was more glassy than Specter, whose stamina was said to be lower than average, dispersed and disappeared like smoke with a single swing.
– You have killed ‘Race’!
– Attribute [Kleptomaniac] Is activated!
– Acquired the skill [Sneky Drain]!
‘Let’s go!’
Snakey Drain Lv.1
– Temporarily absorbs one of the stats of the damaged target at random.
– Absorption : 1-2
– Power Consumption: 7
– Duration 10 minutes
‘It consumes a lot of mana. It’s only natural because the ability itself is so good.’
Perhaps because my level was still low, the abilities I expected were not explained. Or maybe the skill he received from such a low-level Wraith was limited to this level of ability.
‘I need to level up first.’
I took care of the other three Wraiths right away just in case, but I couldn’t get any other abilities anymore.
Pew!
– Killed ‘Ghost’!
– Attribute [Kleptomaniac] Is activated!
– Acquired the skill [Stagnation]!
‘This is pretty cool, isn’t it? But this wasn’t passive. Having to activate it while paying attention to each one… It must be a bit cumbersome.’
– I found a skill that can be fused. Do you want to fuse the skill [Sneky Drain] And the skill [Stagnation]?
‘Hmm? Of course I should!’
– [Stagnation] Has been fused to [Sneky Drain].
Depressed Snakey Drain Lv.1
– Temporarily absorbs one of the stats of the damaged target at random.
– Applies abnormal status [Stagnation] To the target that has dealt damage.
– Absorption : 2-3
– Power Consumption: 8
– Duration 10 minutes
‘Ohhh… I don’t have to use it separately, all at once!’
Although the mana consumption increased by 1, it was transformed into a very useful skill that increases absorption and even applies stagnation.
Whoo oh oh oh–
Even though the boss monster died, ghosts were constantly gathering. Now, in this space, more than a hundred Ghosts were flying freely in the air, ravaging the Hunters.
“Heeheeik…!”
“Oh no!! You crazy bastard!”
Finally, a hunter who fell deeply into stagnation tried to take his own life. Fortunately, a colleague next to him blocked it, but it was a dangerous situation.
However, that was the only noticeable crisis situation.
Since the holy water ran out, Yeon-hee and the party members safely hid under the defense wall of the summoned creatures.
“I don’t think you need to use magic, Mr. Joo.”
Bae Joo-ah’s body recovered and she was able to use magic, but Yeon-hee recommended that she refrain from using magic, considering that she overworked herself today.
“But… Just be still…”
“Stay still. It’s more of a loss if you can’t come out tomorrow because you overworked yourself.”
“Oh, I see.”
Lee Yeon-hee refrained from Bae Joo-ah in a rare strong tone.
Joo-a felt sorry and grateful to Yeon-hee.