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＜ 13. One-hit kill (5) ＞
“ King, King .”
“ Kurrurer ….”
“…”
At first, I thought it was an equal fight. That was a misunderstanding. While one side was fully stocking up on stamina, the other side was desperately risking its life. In terms of physical strength, agility, and grip, the hell hounds were inferior in all respects .
Still, one room was fed. After the first bite on the scruff, the hellhound let out a plaintive groan and backed away. The Shadow Beast, knowing that the enemy was frightened, rushed at it vigorously .
But the fel hounds suddenly switched and counterattacked. Sharp fangs that pierce the moment of inattention. Although the flames of the shadows surrounding the body soared fiercely, the Hell Hound suffered more damage, but .
In the end, he was brutally bitten and covered in blood. The spark of life was fading in the eyes of the lying hellhound. Andrea stroked the hellhound’s face with a bitter expression .
“ You fought well. You have done your part well enough .”
“ Keying …”
I don’t know if it’s because of the mood, but when I heard those words, the hellhound seemed more comfortable. With a final groan, the Fel Hound crumbled to ashes .
Even while the Fel Hounds were fighting, they attacked from time to time, but from now on, they really had to face the savage beast with only the strength of their party .
Black flames burned even more fiercely where the fel hounds had bitten. Then, the hole in the skin filled up by itself. Andrea moaned as she watched the hellhound’s devotion fail .
‘ Damn it, that damn self-healing power .’
Healed his wounds, so there was nothing to hold back. The shadow beast lowered its upper body and jumped into the center of Andrea’s party .
“ Kurrr !”
“ An unbreakable barrier !”
Quaguagua –
Contrary to its name, the barrier that Emilia had erected as a barricade collapsed in vain as the shadowy beast stirred its paws. Emilia continued to use her magic without giving in .
“ A breath of rest! Stone Needle !”
The sleep magic didn’t even give me a bit of drowsiness, and the sharp stone’s thorns inflicted small scratches on my skin, but they quickly healed .
There were no cards to use until the next turn. Emilia thought to herself what kind of move she should use to inflict damage .
At that moment, the beast’s right eye blinked three times rapidly. Andrea shouted to the party .
“ Turn your head and cover your ears! You can’t face me !”
Trisha followed Andrea’s words, but Emilia, who was lost in thought for a moment, acted late. The beast let out a fierce roar without giving the slightest hint .
“ Kleurraaa !”
A terrible noise that would tear your eardrums apart. She wanted to cover her ears, but Emilia couldn’t. From the moment I saw the flashing eyes, I felt dizzy, my eyes darkened, and my whole body became weak and hardened .
Fainting, blindness, weakening, fear, and even petrification. All sorts of fatal status ailments occurred at the same time .
‘ Damn it, why is Emilia …’
If someone else was affected, Emilia would be able to heal him. Conversely, when Emilia was caught, there was no way to use her hands .
Andrea instructed Tricia in an urgent voice .
“ Trisya! Take Priest Emilia and retreat to the rear !”
“ What? Are you insane? How are you going to stop it by yourself ?”
“ Not alone .”
Andrea glanced at Tricia at the card between her fingers. Tricia nodded slightly as if she understood, and stepped back with a whimper, dragging Emilia, who had turned into a stone .
The Shadow Beast tried to get in the way, but Andrea blocked its way. After that, immediately use the card in your hand. Above the green summoning circle, a valiant warrior’s spirit rose .
“ Miss Marco! Get it !”
“I was waiting for you .”
Marco skillfully handed over the hammer. As soon as he saw the shadow beast, he put on a stunned expression for a moment, but
“ Yeah, if you’re going to fight a bastard, your size should be in order so you don’t feel like fighting .”
He let out a blasphemous sound, and then smiled confidently. Andrea approached Marco and whispered in his ear .
‘ Mr. Marco, it’s the 8th turn now. If you think it will be difficult, at least break all of your teeth …’
I wondered why he was asking such a favor, but it was not the right time to satisfy my curiosity. Marco decided to just do what he always did .
‘ Don’t worry. I do my best .’
Without a doubt, just as Andrea says .
“ Kurrr !”
” Come here, you burnt-out bastard!”
Huong, Kwa-ang !
Marco lightly hammered the sprinting paw and turned to the side. A blue aura followed his movements, leaving an afterimage in the air. When he hit his left leg and lost his balance, he immediately raised the hammer and struck the falling jaw .
Fur – billion !
“ Kureuk !”
The Shadow Beast was hit with a heavy blow for the first time. He stumbled and tried to back away, but Marco tenaciously followed. He slams his foot down and strikes his leg again before pulling out. All the bones in its forelimbs were broken, and the shadow beast collapsed forward .
“ Kagegegegeg !”
The flow has passed this way. Marco immediately went to the snout and tried to gnaw his teeth as Andrea instructed. But the Shadow Beast didn’t stand still either .
The beast’s right eye blinked four times. Andrea exclaimed urgently .
“ Mr. Marco, step back !”
However, it was too soon for the pattern to be triggered. The black flames surrounding the Shadow Beast flowed around and turned the area into an inferno. Marco was instantly engulfed in black flames .
“ Heah huh .”
Marco grits his teeth and endures the burning pain. In the meantime, the shadowy beast, which had all the dislocated bones, withdrew the fire and slowly raised itself .
Andrea couldn’t hold back her sighs. That formidable healing power was not infinite. When all the mana in the body was consumed, the shadow beast could no longer heal the damage .
However, the problem is that there is an absurd amount of mana within its body, and it is extremely difficult to hold on until all of it is devastated. Even in the game, there are too many tricky patterns that are difficult to deal with immediately, so there are many days when you die before you can reduce your mana to some extent .
Especially when speedrunning, the boss eats up too much time and is no better than rat poison. For this reason, the deceased people established a strategy to shorten the time as much as possible .
Just one shot, doping, or using a buff, hitting every possible means and killing it with a one-hit attack .
Andrea also planned to kill the Shadow Beast like that .
It wasn’t a direct method. If you can’t wait until turn 15, at least you have to pull out all your teeth to use it .
‘ The road to go there… Marco has to open it …’
I wondered if that would be possible in such a state of being engulfed in flames. I thought that maybe in that state, I would struggle to resist and collapse soon …
Marco showed a much tougher side than Andrea thought .
“ aaa !!!”
Marco charges with a shout. Even the Shadow Beast didn’t lose and rushed to bite Marco with its sharp teeth exposed. The speed of the charging Marco did not decrease .
As soon as he reached the nose of the beast, Marco slid to the floor .
“ Mr. Marco !”
Kwajik !
Andrea had no choice but to close her eyes. The disastrous result revealed as I slowly lifted my eyelids. The shadow beast was chewing on Marco’s leg and lifting it. That was exactly what Marco was aiming for, but .
“ From now on, you won’t even be able to chew your skin !”
The thread veins in both eyes bulged out like they were about to burst. Marco wielded the hammer with all his might, enduring the pain of literally breaking his leg .
Kwa-ang! so-so-so-so-so-so-so-so-so-so-so-so-so-so !
“ Chehehe! Kehey !”
The sound of all the beast’s teeth being shattered. Fragments of broken teeth and pieces of Marco’s flesh flew out. The Shadow Beast made a whimper and howled in pain, and Marco was thrown to the ground .
Soon, the furious beast’s gaze turned to Marco, who had fallen. Forelimbs soaring high. Marco looked at Andrea for the last time and nodded with a firm face .
‘ Since you’ve gone this far, make sure to give me a shot .’
as if
to
say
Qua-jik .
Marco died again .
Andrea was at a loss for words. Before entering this place, I was told not to take a risky gamble, but in fact, the boss here was so difficult that someone had to give up their lives so that others could survive. In fact, he felt guilty that he had driven Marco to death .
‘ Mr. Marco …’
What Marco wanted was not for Andrea to just stand there blankly like this. I couldn’t let Marco’s sacrifice be in vain. Andrea had a grim look and ran towards the shadow beast .
After using Shadow Stealth, climb up the legs of a Shadow Beast that hasn’t come to its senses yet and land on its back. Andrea was surprisingly unscathed by the blazing black flames. Perhaps this too was one of the graces of the Shadow God .
Andrea, who ran up to her head, suddenly opened the beast’s muzzle and shoved herself into it. If it had teeth, it would have been cut into pieces, but that didn’t happen anymore .
Andrea went down the narrow throat. The wet dampness and tight pressure were most unpleasant. Andrea struggles through the esophagus .
When it finally entered the stomach, it was filled with purple gastric juice. The reason Andrea entered the shadow beast’s intestines in the first place was to find this liquid .
‘At turn
15 , the beast spits out this gastric juice to create a bog. But with our party now, we won’t be able to last until then… It’s disgusting, but we had to go directly into the intestines .’
When I thought about what I had to do from now on, I started to curse. Deliberately putting one’s foot in an acidic solution is an act that would make even a madman tremble .
‘ Still, compared to Marco-san’s sacrifice …’
Andrea took off her boots, rolled up her pants, closed her eyes, and stepped into the gastric juices. A terrible pang of flesh melting ran through my toes and tore through my nerves .
” Kuuu …”
Andrea lifted her collar and covered her mouth. Goose bumps that run up the spine and stand out through the skin. My face heated up and I heard empty tinnitus in my ears. Andrea took a deep breath and managed to come to her senses .
‘ Even if it hurts like this, there’s no way I’ll die. Come to your senses .’
I purposely looked away from the legs where the flesh was loosening and the bones were melting. Looking at the deck, black smoke was rising non-stop. Circumstances as Andrea hoped .
‘ If you fall into the mire of gastric juice, 3 cards per second will be put into your deck with ‘Shadow Curse’. If you keep repeating it …’
The time of hard endurance continued. Judging by the gush of stomach juices, the Shadow Beast was moving. I had to get things done before I could find Trisha and Emilia .
I grabbed the flesh around me to keep it from slipping into the gastric juices. Counting time in my heart …
’48 seconds, 49 seconds… 50 seconds .’
That was enough. When I finally looked at the deck, I could see with my own eyes that it was inflated. A total of 150 copies of Shadow Curse alone were included in the deck. Trying to find ‘that card’ now is like finding a needle in the sand, but …
‘ As long as I have this amulet, there is no problem .’
Andrea used the talisman of search purchased at the crack shop. The talisman exploded in a short flash and disappeared, and Andrea’s hand held the desired card .
‘[ Rare] Shadow Strike ++ (2 cost)
: Holy, the next physical attack you deal deals 5 more damage. The damage is increased by 10 for each card in the deck with ‘Shadow’ appended to its name .’
Only the increased damage due to the ‘Shadow Curse’ in the deck now is a whopping 1500.
It was a one-hit kill card that would crush the Shadow Beast without a chance to regenerate it .
When Andrea used the card, an indescribably powerful energy permeated the sword. swaying shadows. Hotter than the sun, firmer than the earth, furious than the waves, swifter than the thunder, the true power of the shadows .
Andrea slashed the sharpened knife straight into the intestines .
Kwa-gwa-gwa-gwa-gwa-gwa-gwa-gwa !
An explosion occurred while drawing a demon-like figure. Soaring black flashes raked the red sky, and a heavy shock spread as the earth shook. The shadow beast, which was the starting point of the explosion, was torn to pieces and disappeared without leaving even a small shape behind .
The last thing Andrea saw before passing out was Trisha running frantically. Even though my legs to stand on were broken and I was lying
face down on the floor . . .
Undoubtedly, the winner of this battle was Andrea .
＜ 13. One Hit Kill (5) ＞ End
And here Trisha being concerned if she will die first, lol.