44. raid raid
“It’s been a long time since I’ve had a full raid party, so I’m running at full speed! Team 3! Trap lock room key keeper clear start!”
“Yes!”
“Team 2! Organize the receptionist counter!”
“All right.”
“We are going to rob the old tower keeper!”
“ancient!”
The movements of skilled raiders are fast enough to make your eyes roll just by looking at them.
In particular, a raid group consisting of an organization called a company, where office workers are pressed for time, tends to aim for extreme efficiency that hates waste, and being with such an raid group makes you act foolishly if you lose your mind.
After defeating the chimeras guarding the entrance to the ruins, they entered the interior of the dungeon, filled with the smell of mold and rot. Standing at the three crossroads, following the instructions of the party leader, Vice President Lee, the raid split into three teams, and I ran to the front road with Director Lee. While running, Manager Lee continued to brief me, but to be honest, he is a real two-much talker.
“The tower keeper’s grandfather puts a curse on him, but the room is so small that there is no way to escape the curse. When we make eye contact and the Tower Keeper’s eyes glow red, immediately turn around and stick to the wall. When the fire flares up at the end of the wand you are holding, you have to run to the far corner of the room. If you count to four counters, Fire Inferno will come in.”
“Yes.”
“Didn’t I tell you earlier that I’m in charge of farming, so I can’t touch it, and I can’t even record it?”
“yes.”
“Do you need anything? I’ll take care of it separately.”
“no. I just need to get Theo Lindston.”
“hehehehe, no greed. There’s also a legendary item here… okay. I’ll take care of it.”
“thank you.”
“What is gratitude… We are rather grateful. In addition to job quests, you can also get Progressives. Didn’t you say it was a Podina Ranger Strider Karen Lindston job quest?”
“Yes.”
“I’ll be going to Podina in a while.”
“But don’t you have all the jobs? And even if you go, there’s no guarantee you’ll get it… … .”
“Even if you fail, if you make a connection with Karen, it’s a profitable business. If you’re lucky enough to get a job quest, you’ll have to switch. I’m sick of the goddamn lumberjack job now. Anyway, Karen affinity also requires skill, but nothing is this short. It’s like intervening in the middle, but if you say that you helped save the groom, Karen will give you a clue just because she’s grateful.”
He is a very thoughtful person. Are all managers like this… … .
“clear!”
“great. It’s good because there are a lot of people, so it’s fast.”
After a few conversations, a corpse golem with a height of about 3m called Tower Keeper Grandpa has been cleared.
“Oh, that’s trash. Manager Kim, take care of the prosthetic leg and run first!”
“Yes!”
After farming, the raid team runs again. In the meantime, the 3 teams who cleared the keykeeper return, and the 2 teams who said they cleaned up the receptionist counter are waiting on the other side.
Although the amount of experience coming in was small, the Warlock’s Tower was long and wide enough that I would have to work hard for a few days if I entered alone. I heard that there are more than 20 mid-bosses, and half of them are trap sections, so if you don’t have a rare level trap detection skill, you should just head naked.
Of course, extreme efficiency sometimes requires life.
“Wash this one and run for 3 minutes.”
Take the detoxification potion and run all at once through the section where poison gas is emitted. Drinking the detoxification potion doesn’t mean that you don’t lose your health, but somehow you calculated that you only got out of the poison gas section after your life was just barely left.
“With this, 6 mid-bosses were skipped. Who wants to go to the dog seal?”
“My youngest and I will go.”
“Oh, come on, Assistant Manager Park. The rest will go through 6 sections before Assistant Manager Park returns! You can fight the Great Worm King, so don’t use anything with a long cooldown!”
“Yes!”
The Abominations, 4 meters in height, made by attaching corpses together, die pitifully and miserably. There are about 10 guards per room, but they clung to each other like ants and dismantled them.
“Agent Park is late.”
“It is the end.”
“great. Rest for 10 minutes with a safety zone for those who have to go to the bathroom! The rest push up to the trainer!”
There were a lot of people, so I commanded half by one and quickly cleared the dungeon. People who have been to the bathroom run to the next boss room while the zombies that summon the wolf are tearing up.
“Arrived on the 3rd floor! 1 hour 31 minutes 54 seconds! 21 minutes off.”
I know that it takes 6 hours to reach the 3rd floor based on a 20-person raid, but I cut it to 1 hour and 31 minutes. It may be natural since there are a lot of people on board, but I assure you, no matter how many people there are, I can’t seem to finish it faster than this.
After defeating the cook and the butcher with the giant butcher knife and arriving at the breeding facility, I finally met Theo Lindston, the core of my quest.
“Quiet everyone! It’s an important quest, so everyone shut up!”
Quests are progressed through interaction with NPCs, so you need to help them concentrate. Manager Lee motioned for me to proceed with the quest. As I took a step forward, the man who had fallen like a part of the ruins hesitantly stood up and walked towards me.
Wrinkled bluish skin, long brown beard, unfocused eyes. In the form of an old man who is likely to die at any moment… Tied up with a bloody chain, he found Karen’s bow hanging on my back, strode forward and asked in a trembling voice:
“You, you… Who is it.”
Even her voice is severely cracked, and she doesn’t look the same age as Karen.
“I was looking for you at the request of Karen Lindston. Theo Lindston.”
“Is it Karen? Is my wife alive?”
“Yes.”
“Relief… black… thank god.”
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Judging from the tears flowing down her face, it seemed that she had thought that Karen was dead until now.
T-ring~
[Job Quest – Theo Lindston’s Pursuit] [Completed]
[Job Quest 2- Rescue Theo Lindston]
-Reward: Change to ranger job, 10,000 exp, 100 gold, 100 honor points
A quest linked to the former quest has appeared.
“Then, maybe… What about Lena? What about Remi? Have you met my children?”
“The children live well in Podina with Mr. Karen.”
“Right.”
Tears flow mixed with deep longing. Theo Lindston let out a sigh of relief and opened his mouth.
“I… … .”
It is said that he went out to subdue the gnoll and was captured by the warchief of the gnoll and lost his mind for a while. It was only after he was handed over to the warlock that he regained his senses, and it turned out that the warlock taught warchief Gnoll curses, and warchief Noll supplied the ‘material’ that Warchief needed. Captured by Warchief Noll, he was brought to the tower’s owner, the Warlock. Originally, he was destined to become a material for the Warlock, but the Warlock’s assistant died.
“Not only is he a Warlock from the 7th Circle, but he also has numerous Chimeras as his subordinates.”
“You seem pretty free, but you couldn’t get out?”
At my question, he raised his chains with trembling hands.
well… … .
“This chain of obedience cannot be undone except by him. When I leave this tower, it immediately tightens me up. It ended up like this while thinking of the children to escape.”
A black dead chain-shaped wound is visible on the nape of the neck.
“okay. But now that too is over. Because we will punish the warlock.”
I pointed to those standing behind me and said. But Theo Lindston shook his head.
“The reason he is truly feared is that he can command the Great Worm King. If he moves it, human power cannot stop it. I… I… … .”
His eyes are full of fear as his shoulders are trembling as if he is afraid just thinking about it.
“I have to go anyway. Theo. Lena and Remy are waiting for you.”
“Lena… Remy… … .”
“Yes. And Mr. Karen woke up not too long ago with a big wound while trying to save you.”
“What do you mean?”
“Miss Karen… … .”
I told him what I had seen in Fodina. For a moment, Theo Lindston’s mouth shuts tight. And then he nodded his head with a determined expression.
“Okay. I will help you defeat the Warlock. Come follow me.”
Tiriling!
[Raid Quest]
Defeat the ancient black magician, Keldrian.
Reward: Achievement [The One Who Breaks Darkness [Rare Grade]] 20,000 exp, Rare~Legendary Skill Draw Ticket x1, 50 Honor Points
“Wow! Raid Quest!”
“In addition to achievements, even rare legend draw tickets?”
People cheered in unison. Even in the same raid quest, the rewards are very different, but it’s really hard to find a quest that gives you a chance to draw a rare or legendary skill with an achievement.
“Quiet everyone! I haven’t even cleared it, but what if I’m already excited!”
Manager Lee shouted loudly to ventilate the surroundings.
“Children. Do Seon for a day or two? What if the reward is good?”
“Ah, that’s fucking hard.”
“okay. It’s fucking hard. That said, no one will fall out, but if you make a fuss, you’re going to die, so you have to take out everything you have. Got it?”
“Yes!”
“Did you bring a reserve of curse resistance items?”
“Yes!”
“Set your equipment to the Curse Resistance side as much as possible, and since there is a high possibility that the Great Wave King will appear in phase, keep in mind that the dealer side pours out wide area skills as much as possible!”
click… coo coo coo… … .
The floor I was standing on began to slowly turn off with a loud clicking sound.
“Wow, the whole floor moves.”
As people were looking around, Theo, who was holding onto something like a large steering wheel, said.
“This tower of warlocks was a secret underground research facility where the ancients studied great worms in the past. Everything above the ground has been destroyed over time, but there are still many moving mechanisms underground like this.”
The floor they were standing on continued to descend underground. After going down for a long time, it finally stopped in the middle of a huge pupil with a loud sound.
“Follow me.”
The place where Theo arrived with the raid was a passageway filled with all sorts of mechanical devices.
“If you continue forward, you will be connected to the warlock’s laboratory. I’ll move the device and manipulate the doors so that his limbs can’t get in as much as possible, and in the meantime, just hit him and kill him.”
Theo grabs the big lever and looks at me.
[Do you want to start the raid raid?]
A message window popped up in the corner of my field of vision. As I looked at Director Lee, Director Lee inspected the raid one last time and then spoke to me.
“The preparations are over.”
“Yes. Then we will begin.”
[The ancient black magician Keldrian raid has begun.]
* * *
The black magician’s laboratory, which was revealed, boasted a grotesque landscape that, in a word, put the word “outer-world magic world” to shame. Things like blood vessels in the heart are all over the place, and a thick liquid that is suspicious of what the alternative material is made of sticks to the walls and floors, making it feel dirty.
“Tsk, it’s so grand because it comes out so big.”
Manager Lee looked up at the ceiling and clicked his tongue. I also learned from Witube, and it is said that you can roughly estimate the size of the boss you will face by looking at the size of the boss room. And from my point of view, this place was too big.
‘Actually, this is my first time doing a proper raid.’
A 5-person party, such as the Nol chief, is just a sense of intimidation that feels like a picnic in the front garden. In addition, there are not 5 people this time, but 40 people. To be honest, in the beginning, I thought that if I did well, I might be able to get a boss kill. As long as I get a Sol Kill, that amazing skill of the raid boss will become mine. But now, rather than that kind of heart, the heart that I just don’t want to die is bigger.
and… When I, or to be more precise, the first time I saw the boss that my raid team had to face, a chill ran through my head.
‘Seion is formidable.’
“Welcome, bugs… … .”
My first impression of seeing the black robed warlock standing leisurely on the head of that gigantic Great Worm King, arrogantly looking down in our direction… It looks really dirty.