＜ 7. The Three Brothers (1) ＞
A crossroads emerged. Andrea inadvertently tried to pull out the map, but hit her forehead.
“Oh, damn it.”
The map the dark merchant handed over was a map with only the 8th to 20th floors drawn on it. The map became useless because he skipped to the 19th floor.
Trisha leaned forward.
“What, no map?”
“yes···. There is only a map drawn up to the 20th floor.”
“uh? But don’t you need a map or something? You just need to receive a revelation from the Shadow God or something.”
It was time to pay the price for false excuses. Andrea racked her brain and made up a plausible statement.
“Revelation is not something I can receive because I want to. Besides, the Shadow God loves tricks and gambling. Even if you tell me everything about the opponent’s hand, it doesn’t tell you which way to proceed.”
Trisha tilted her head slightly, but she thought it was so and passed it on. Andrea rubbed her chest.
Marco also joined the conversation.
“You’d better choose carefully. I don’t want you to be half a corpse like last time.”
“I agree with that too… I guess I’ll just have to leave it to chance.”
Like the crossroads we encountered before, we couldn’t find the slightest difference between each road. Fortunately, the 25th floor is a ‘village’, so the burden of being injured and not being able to heal was less.
Previously, I thought it was useless to worry about it, but because I was severely burned, I thought about it for a long time this time.
However, the fact that it was a meaningless worry did not change.
Andrea eventually chose the left path. I sincerely hope that this time, please make the right choice.
*
Andrea sat down on the floor and grabbed her throbbing head.
‘House of the Three Brothers’
It was the plaque hanging at the entrance to the room on the 24th floor. Trisha let out a sigh.
“It must be difficult for us to pass here in good health, right?”
Andrea silently affirmed. Trisha tore her hair. Only Marco blinked his eyes, not knowing what was going on.
“What is it? What is ahead of you that makes you so discouraged?”
Just in time, a narration was heard.
‘Three brothers. Humans only know that brotherly love is their exclusive property. But that opinion is just prejudice. If you meet these three hobgoblin brothers who care deeply for each other, no one will ever say that monsters don’t have brotherly love.’
The official name of the elite monsters in this room is the ‘Friendly Hobgoblin Three Brothers’. However, in the community of ‘Dungeon of Infinity’, there were overwhelmingly many cases where it was called by a different name.
Three brothers with no answer.
An elite monster on the 20th floor that is infamous for its f*cking patterns.
People who encounter this monster for the first time have caught the boss twice, but the three hobgoblins enter the game, not paying attention, wondering if it’s a big deal. The result of such complacent thinking is usually to see the character’s corpse and then go crazy.
“It is a very dog-like elite monster. It will not be an easy fight.”
Andrea added an explanation.
Trisha also had a memory of having a hard time when she faced the three no-nonsense brothers before. Even though I faced it without trials.
‘It was that much even when there were no trials, but how much would it be if there were trials?’
All she could trust now was Andrea’s knowledge.
Andrea called Marco and Tricia together. And he explained in detail all the patterns he knew.
“…That’s why Marco’s role is very important. Once summoned, Trisha and I need to block well to avoid being attacked. Especially the third attack.”
“Okay. don’t keep in mind But how do you tell who is who?”
“First, second, third in order of height. The explanation ends here. Is there anything else you would like to ask?”
The two nodded their heads with sad faces.
“Then Marco. Please take good care of me as I said at the moment of being summoned.”
“Okay, don’t worry.”
‘I did everything I could to prepare. I’ll have to bump into it now.’
Andrea reverse summoned Marco and brought out the Polar Dawn. The finger that opened the door trembled faintly.
The inside was a messy restaurant. On the floor, shattered earthenware and shards were entangled and rolling in the dust. The walls were scratched with countless fine scratches, and the windows were covered with incontinence like cobwebs.
The table that looked so fine and the hobgoblins sitting in an orderly manner in front of it contrasted with the surrounding scenery. On the right was a large palanquin. The restaurant was filled with the savory smell of something being grilled.
The Hobgoblins, who were holding forks and knives, turned their heads after feeling the presence.
“I am a guest.”
“A guest.”
“A guest!”
Hobgoblins, a superior species of goblins, have a strange appearance. Looking at the grotesque appearance, which seemed to be halfway between a human and a goblin, I involuntarily frowned.
‘This is called the Valley of the Unpleasant, maybe.’
Hobgoblins threw down their forks and knives and wielded weapons. First a trident, second a whip, third a dagger.
“You should treat them generously.”
“Let’s entertain generously.”
“I will treat you generously…”
pick-
“Keeek!”
The third one couldn’t finish talking properly. It was because Trisha’s arrow had pierced her wrist.
“Nice job, Trisha.”
“About this much.”
Trisha put on an elated expression.
The three Hobgoblin brothers always spat out their lines like that before rushing at the players. Because of this, Andrea instructed Tricia to just shoot her bow before she finished talking.
It was not an order given with the expectation that it would cause serious injury. However, the results were better than expected.
‘Thanks to the penetrating arrowhead, the fatal blow exploded. It’s only 8%, but I’m lucky.’
“Youngest!”
“Youngest!”
The first and second screamed and approached the third. The third ducked under the table and groaned like a beast.
“Kirrureuk… Kiek, kieek.”
Trisha did not leave her close brothers alone. I used a blow and fired the next arrow.
pick-
“Kiruk!”
This arrow hit the chin of the first. However, since it was not a fatal blow, it was only a shallow hit.
The first pulled out an arrow and glared at Trisha with a hateful gaze.
“Despicable… ghahahahaaan!”
This was a real start. The drawn cards are defensive strike, strike, and defense. Andrea once used defensive strikes and defenses together.
The first leaped into the air in an instant. It was a high jump that almost touched the ceiling. After spinning two laps in the air, he landed by striking the floor with his trident.
thud!
Andrea took a step back to evade, then aimed at the back and swung her sword. The first, without looking, raised a trident and blocked the sword. Then, with the knife inserted between the spears, he twisted his wrist and pulled it inward.
‘this!’
Andrea was able to pull the sword out of the window gap with a single inch difference. I almost lost the knife in my hand.
I tried to adjust my posture for a while, but first, Andrea did not give me a chance to back down. The first one, extending a trident to a low height.
I was trying not to step on the shard, but it was a little too late to withdraw my foot. The trident stabbed Andrea in the ankle.
‘Damn it!’
By putting up the armor, he was at least spared from being stabbed, but Andrea’s expression was not bright.
Black smoke gathered and enveloped Andrea’s deck. The first one looked up at Andrea and raised a smirk.
The first pattern shuffles 2 random curse cards into the player’s deck when the attack hits.
I had no choice but to hope that a curse that was fatal enough to overturn the battle had not been entered. Andrea straightened her sword and prepared for the next attack.
Peek – Whiik!
Trisha was at a loss for words. In the second, Trisha was performing a feat of knocking out arrows with whipping foot and foot while shooting a bow.
‘Chief, even when there were no trials, I sometimes hit it like this, but I couldn’t hit all of them.’
Even if he tried to shoot irregularly somehow, the second one did not show any gaps. It was a meaningless shot other than that it was blocking access.
As the quiver became lighter, he became somewhat impatient. Trisha pondered how to contain the arrow when it fell. The fortunate thing is that the second one is not thinking about coming.
However, that was the blind spot the second dug through.
“Trisha, behind you!”
Hearing Andrea’s words, he hurriedly turned around, but it was too late. The third dagger grazed Tricia’s side.
“Ugh!”
“Sissy, Kieh!”
The third, who does not hide the exhilaration of revenge. The third one crawled under the table behind Trisha. It wasn’t a monster that could be subdued with just one wrist pierced, but I was caught off guard.
Trisha gritted her teeth in tension. The third one is the shortest and his weapon looks insignificant, but in fact he has the most heinous pattern among the three brothers.
The third pattern destroys the player’s deck the moment the attack hits 4 times.
‘Damn it, Tricia can’t get attacked by daggers again over there.’
Andrea threw down her trident and pressed close to the first. The first one was taken aback by the unexpected number. It was a long weapon, so I had to dig into this gap.
Andrea slammed her body, pushing the first one away and heading for Tricia. Trisha was barely clearing the third hand with her bow. Andrea tried to sever the back of the third.
squash!
Before he could do that, a sharp whip hit the wrist holding the knife.
Andrea’s deck opened, and Passe ashes flew out.
The second pattern is to destroy 1 card in the deck when the attack hits.
It was a pain in the ass not knowing what was missing. The third ran away in the meantime. Andrea also withdrew for a while with Tricia.
The battle went into a lull for a while. I didn’t even have time to draw a card while fighting. Turn 3 already. Both Trisha and Andrea blew their second turn cards intact.
‘Because we are pushed out of the head count, the fight doesn’t go well. It is urgent to call Mr. Marco. Please, I hope the card that disappeared earlier wasn’t the only Marco summon…’
Tricia and Andrea saw the draw.
Seeing the card drawn, Tricia and Andrea both cursed at the same time.
“Oh, damn it.”
“City bee”
‘[Curse] Traitor’s Blessing: Increases the strength and resistance of enemies by 10.’
‘[Curse] Black Shackles: You fall into a weakened state.’
All of a sudden, both of them drew a curse card.
“Grrr!”
Red light pellets flew over the hobgoblins’ heads. The three brothers fully enjoy the rising power. On the contrary, the power drained from Andrea’s body after she pulled out the black shackles.
Andrea continues to be disappointed, but not. The effect of weakening is that all abilities are reduced. But isn’t there a time when ability level goes down and sometimes it goes up?
‘Like right now.’
Andrea used the ‘Indomitable Will’ in her hand without hesitation. His whole body filled with more strength than he lost due to weakness.
“It’s the start of the second round. Come on, you bastards.”
＜ 7. The Three Brothers (1) ＞ End
Easy +30 levels.