297 – Living well even when scattered (6)
Passsss-.
Kkiyi-!!
A blood-curdling scream was heard, and another Purple Specter disappeared.
Yu Eun Seol sighed inwardly and swung his sword.
‘… There are a lot.’
After falling into the trap called , Yoo Eun-seol led the first hunting team under her jurisdiction to find the exit.
And the enormous amount of undead we encountered.
Other teams may also deal with monsters, but the place where Yoo Eun-seol’s team came seemed to have a particularly large amount of monsters.
‘And it’s tricky.’
The types of undead that appear in the area are also a problem.
The ones I’ve encountered so far are Geist, Wraith, Purple Specter, Black Phantom….
They are all words meaning ‘ghosts’, but their appearances and abilities were slightly different, so they were given separate monster names in the Holder world.
The biggest characteristic of them is that physical attacks are quite impervious to them.
For an attack to work, you have to use divine power or magical power, and some of them have the ability to pass through the opponent.
These are monsters who truly fit the name ‘Devil’ better than anyone else.
Because the normal fighting methods did not work, it was difficult for the warrior clan members who took the lead to avoid difficulties.
‘My strength too….’
Furthermore, the fact that Yu Eun-seol’s abilities were not effective in battles with multiple people also contributed to the unfavorable situation.
Yoo Eun-seol, a top class assassin.
She exerts great power in one-on-one compositions suited to her class abilities.
Her ultimate skills like [Seolwonyu Island Falling Flower] And [Cheonhwa Yeopsal] Were also single skills that dealt a powerful blow to only one target.
Kkiiiii-!!
Sssss-!!
The cries of the races that I don’t want to hear spread again.
Yu Eun-seol was lost in thought for a moment, then gritted his teeth and picked up his weapon.
A situation where high-ranking undead are wandering around and threatening team members.
The person who needed to be stronger than anyone else right now was Yu Eun-seol himself, the team leader and clan vice-master.
“Ha pressure… !!”
The S-class holder’s attack lands among the ghosts.
[Footprints of the Snow Mountain], One of the strongest runes in the Bobeop style.
And [Seoljungmaehwa], Which is closer to aesthetics than swordsmanship.
When the two runes containing the aesthetics of martial arts intersected, a most beautiful sword dance was unfolding on the battlefield.
Although it does not have a powerful single attack like the ultimate skill, it shows strong performance just by using the runes it has.
Five, ten, twenty, thirty….
An uncountable number of ghosts have fallen.
If I just fought like this, it seemed like I could hunt down all the undead.
‘It’s not good.’
But this is too hopeful an assumption.
No matter how much an S-class holder is, their physical strength and magic power are limited, and there are limits to the hands and feet they can use.
In this endless swamp of the undead…
Yu Eun-seol and his 1st team clan members were likely to be exhausted.
‘Master… I need Jaehyun.’
She suddenly felt that Do Jae-hyeon’s help was desperately needed.
Possessed of diverse abilities and solid skills, he was particularly strong in these battles between many and few.
He swept the battlefield using highly mobile contractors, and always turned an unfavorable battle structure to his advantage by utilizing his multi-skills.
Yoo Eun-seol has experienced a lot of party hunting as an independent holder… Even when I look back on all of my memories, there was no battle as fast and efficient as the two-person strategy I had with him.
‘… I feel weak. Think about it like this.’
Yu Eun-seol took control of his heart and gave strength to the sword in his hand.
In fact, he fought under worse conditions than this, even with weaker team members.
And somehow he overcame the hopeless situation and succeeded in the attack.
The situation is not much different now compared to then.
However, he is a clan led by his favorite disciple.
I want to protect its members without any of them dying.
… Those things only made her heart waver a little.
Sssss!!
Kkiiiii-.
The terrible ghosts attack again.
This time, a group of Black Phantoms attempt to attack as a group.
Biting her lips tightly, Yu Eun-seol also raised her sword again.
… No, she was trying to raise a sword.
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“Get away.”
Until that voice was heard.
I feel like the sword I was holding is losing all its strength.
Appeared with a brief message…
The face I wanted to see so much.
And.
Pot-Pabat-!!
Snapping-!!
Soon, the group of black phantoms around were deleted.
Literally ‘delete’.
The man entered a group of distant ghosts and swung his dagger among them at a speed that was difficult to catch.
Yoo Eun-seol knew the identity of that skill.
‘The aesthetics of falling flowers….’
When I looked at the words and skill effects, it was clear that it was the [Aesthetics of Falling Flowers] Created by Do Jae-hyeon.
[Maehwa Sword Technique], Called Yeolhwapan among short sword martial arts.
The ultimate skill that Do Jae-hyeon created without fail.
And it was also a skill that Yu Eun-seol put forward as a condition for joint research when she joined his clan .
But the completed form of casting…
It was unfolding before her eyes.
“Deputy Master. “Are you seriously injured?”
Another man came up next to me and asked.
Lim Hyeon, team leader of hunting team 2.
He was a fellow holder who did a lot of targeting together when he was independent.
It was clear that the clan members had scattered after falling into the , But before we knew it, everyone had gathered together, starting with Do Jae-hyeon.
Yoo Eun-seol answered without hiding his surprise.
“… As you can see. Are all the other clan members also gathered?”
“Yes. The clan master found us all. “You are truly amazing.”
Lim Hyeon’s trust-filled eyes and voice.
He turns his gaze to the front where the battle is taking place.
There was Do Jae-hyeon swinging among the ghosts to his heart’s content with two small swords filled with divine power.
And seeing that, Yu Eun-seol felt a sense of relief without realizing it.
It’s really amazing and surprising, but…
I understood because the target was Do Jae-hyeon.
“I see. Really… “
… You are a great student, Jaehyun.
Yoo Eun-seol swallowed those words with a smile on her lips.
All the clan masters and clan members gathered.
Now it was time to get out of this damn trap.
* * *
There was no lie in Ripley’s statement that he had constructed the trap himself.
As I entered through the magical exit she created, a truly different space and a new type of undead appeared.
The first place I arrived was the area where Lim Hyun Holder and Team 2 were, but I couldn’t get to where they were right away, so I had to walk a bit after entering.
“Is this an area that circles around the same place as where I was?”
A question that comes up when a question arises while walking.
Ripley shook his head.
“Do Jae-hyeon, it was a trap set only in the area you were in. The trap at this point is a huge pit in the middle. “If you fall in there, it’s hard to get out even if you use all your body and magical power.”
“What?”
Crazy.
Then you have to go get it quickly.
“Don’t worry. “No personnel have been detected yet.”
Ripley reassured me by snapping his fingers.
“And I’ve already met other humans here.”
“You met?”
“Yes. Do Jae-hyun, unlike the district you were in, many other districts are connected to each other. Even so, in order to get to the final area, you will eventually have to find an intermediate location.”
She gave her impression that she was a member of Team 3.
Currently, the members of teams 2 and 3 seemed to have succeeded in finding each other.
“What is the final area? “Is that a trap there too?”
Ripley answered that question with a smile.
“I don’t know!”
“… “You don’t know?”
“Yes! I just made it upon request. There are no special traps there, but I don’t know what there are. But you have to go through it to get out of this maze. “I designed it that way.”
Ripley puts her hand on her waist as if she is proud of it.
Seeing that, I shook my head and walked forward.
As expected, despite her incredible abilities, her personality and way of speaking were like her tomboy younger sister.
“What is that expression?!”
And then she approaches me again with her forehead frowning.
“Ripley. “I have one more question.”
“Yes! Say.”
… Subduing was easy.
I asked what I was most curious about since I signed the contract earlier.
“Aren’t you offended by my divine power? “The other spirits refused the contract because of their divine power.”
High divinity value of 76.
And [Mad Piety].
There is even a rune called [Silver Moon Shadow].
Highly pure divine power that can almost be called a Holy Knight.
Of course, the expression of such intense divine power without the [Dark Oath] Rune is avoided by the undead.
That was the reason why I had not been able to contract with a single spirit, and Ripley, a vampire, would be classified as undead anyway, so it would be the same.
“Yes! I am the noble Earl of Beltane. “At most, that level of divine power will not interfere with the contract.”
“… ….”
And the answer was simple.
… That’s just the level of divine power.
I thought the purity had improved quite a bit, but it doesn’t seem to have hit Ripley yet to the point where it would have trouble signing a contract.
‘Tsk. Anyway, it’s not a bad thing.’
Her words had great implications.
It means that the undead so far have been unable to exceed my sacred power, and it also means that Ripley, who has surpassed my sacred power, is that strong of a contractor.
Unfortunately, the contract I signed began to progress in a more positive direction.
“Hey, Master!”
“Are you okay, Master?”
Anyway, Ripley and I quickly arrived at where the clan members were.
Just before falling into what Ripley called the ‘pit trap’.
As expected, the gathered clan members were from teams 2 and 3, and fortunately, there were no deaths.
That’s how we slowly found the scattered clan members.
“Camilla? “Please say ‘Father’ one more time.”
“Oh wow, Do Jae-hyeon. I will resign. “Team leader is having a hard time.”
Starting with Jinwoo Park’s team 5, who encountered a group of death knights and lichs.
“Burn endlessly! Burn up! Burning… !!”
“Ju, Juyeon. Stop it, you’re already dead. No, you can only use the ultimate skill once.”
Team 4 encountered enemies with the same tendencies as themselves.
… And my lovers who seem to be out of sync somewhere.
“Jaehyeon, you finally found everything.”
“Thank you for your hard work, Master.”
Lastly, the ‘ghost area’ where the largest number of monsters are located in this maze.
Even the teacher’s first team struggled alone while protecting the clan members.
I found all the clan members like putting together a puzzle, and fortunately, there were no deaths among the elites of Even in this extreme situation.
“Let’s go, Ripley.”
“Yes! Then I’ll leave~”
Under the guidance of a brightly smiling Ripley, we were able to enter the maze’s ‘final area’ bloodlessly.
And.
[We have reached the end of the ‘maze of death.’ It is the concentration point of the magic power that operates the area. If you invest magical energy into that point, you can escape the ‘Maze of Death.’]
The information window that appears before your eyes-
“It’s been a while, Do Jae-hyeon.”
-A very familiar face that I have seen several times.
There was that guy at the end of the maze.