073. Catacomb Dungeon 3rd Floor (1)
“Are you two dating?”
This is the reception room on the first floor of the Findelnerca Mansion.
I was called by Benit for yesterday’s work.
“Four, dating…”
“No.”
I speak first on behalf of Mari.
Then Benit looked at us with an interesting expression.
“Really? The two of you seem to have been very close. At that time, the two of you had a tryst.”
“I’ve never had a tryst. I just listened to Mari’s concerns for a while.”
“Is that true, Miss Ruhelif?”
“Yes, ma, that’s right… I can’t say that we’re dating…”
You’re saying something strange.
Apparently, Marie was quite nervous. After all, if someone suddenly gets called, everyone will be nervous.
“I have no intention of interrogating the two of you. I will keep the fact that they met yesterday a secret.”
“Am I really…?”
“It’s a bit much to say that it’s a substitute, but I mean. Can you two keep the diving bat a secret for now?”
“For now?”
I asked involuntarily. What does ‘for now’ mean?
Benit smiled at my reaction.
“We’re investigating a little bit. By the way, there are a lot of VIPs in our mansion right now, right? But wouldn’t the VIPs be worried if we told them that monsters had invaded?”
“I see.”
“So, I’m investigating the cause-and-effect relationship. If it was just a diving bat accidentally flowing into the mansion, it would be a simple happening, but it might not be, right?”
So Benit begged me not to speak until the investigation was over.
There was no specific reason for refusal.
He said that he would let go of the fact that I was seeing Marie alone.
Above all, I don’t want to damage the reputation of the Findelnerca family in the current situation.
“Okay. I’ll keep the diving bat a secret.”
“Yeah, I’d appreciate it. And… Nina.”
Benit glanced at Nina, who was by his side.
Nina approached me without saying anything and held out the box.
“It’s a gift of apology. I hope you accept it.”
“Apology?”
“Aren’t you attacked by monsters at Findelnerca Mansion?”
So I want to apologize for that, says Bennett.
It’s not particularly Benit’s fault, but it’s probably not a gift of pure apology.
It will be the cost of silence.
“Thank you.”
I accepted the box without hesitation.
Various things happened, but our goal is to go to the 4th floor of the Catacombs Dungeon.
About Joshua, about Claire, and about Marie’s love affair, I put it off until later.
In order to reach the 4th floor of the Catacombs Dungeon, you must first break through the 3rd floor.
In order to do that, there is one problem that needs to be solved.
Race.
A monster that appears from the 3rd floor of the Catacombs Dungeon. Simply put, it is a ghost.
It would be better to say that the appearance is a human shadow painted white. He was a pure white silhouette with no distinguishing features, rather creepy, but not creepy like a zombie.
There are three troublesome things about this monster.
First, because there is no substance, it freely passes through the wall.
Second, because she is always floating in the air, even Claire’s Can’t detect it.
Third, it does not take any damage except for divine attacks.
“…This is very annoying.”
Claire swings her sword.
Then, the lace floats into the sky. Claire’s sword, which aimed at Reiss’ body, only cut through the air.
“.”
Claire, who had anticipated that to some extent, then activated And jumped high.
However, before the sword can reach it, Wraith enters the ceiling and dodges the attack.
Chit.
Claire clicked her tongue and came down to the ground.
This time, I ran towards Claire, who had landed on the floor, from the race side.
Claire, who immediately reacted to that, strikes the sword at the right timing this time.
-Kang!
The sword struck with all its might scratches the ground.
At some point, Reis was moving while twisting his body, and sneaked into Claire’s side.
Reis stretched out her hand towards Claire, and Odo,
Claire steps back as if it’s annoying.
“…That’s annoying.”
Hardly hit by a sword.
Claire also has good mobility and physical ability, but Reis was different from his trajectory.
The problem is that Wraith is not human even though he has a human form.
Twisting the waist or breaking the neck….
By adopting a posture that humans cannot take, it avoids attacks, and it even floats up into the sky without help.
Because of those detailed points, he was always half a beat faster than Claire.
“I can’t.”
I let out a sigh.
Race was literally Claire’s counter.
As I said once, Claire is a tank with no obvious weaknesses.
He is strong in long-distance combat, strong in close-range combat, has the ability to create disguises, respects damage, and has strong vitality, and because of the brilliance of Ande Barium, his weak point, mana management, has also improved.
However, there is one characteristic.
All of Claire’s strengths come from ‘magic’.
Distance combat is the Earth Elemental magic series.
Variable creation is a magic skill like .
Close combat is premised on magic such as Or .
Tanking is also magic.
Like all wizards, Claire is also highly dependent on magic.
That’s why I can’t use my power against a Wraith that doesn’t work with magic.
Even if you build a wall with , The race easily passes through.
Even if you try to keep things in check like , It won’t work on Wraith.
The automatic interception of Is also useless for Reis.
In the first place, if the lace flew high, Claire’s sword would not reach it.
Because she couldn’t use magic, Claire literally fell into second-rate.
Second-rate even as a tanker.
Second-rate even as a prosecutor.
“It’s okay, Claire. I’ll just take care of the race.”
I said that and stepped forward.
Claire, who relies heavily on magic, is not easy to deal with Wraith.
Likewise, Mari, whose ‘all skills are magic’, would not be an opponent at all.
Then I will have no choice but to take over.
“Wait a minute. It’s only been five minutes since we started fighting yet?”
“You mean you fought for 5 minutes and couldn’t take it down?”
With a sigh, I took out the holy water along with the throwing dagger.
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[Holy water]
Crafting Rating: 4
Quality: very good
: Rainwater known as dew from the gods in the past. Because it contains the blessing of God, it has a divine effect for a while when used.
* Producer: Benit Findelnerka
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It was a gift I received for the cost of silence. Come to think of it, Benit was in the Sacred Combat Division.
Contrary to appearances, Benit is a priest, and he is a ‘Pure Healer’ who always has one in the game.
It was also one of the characters that players could meet as companions from the middle of Chapter 2.
At the time of Chapter 2, Lucius’s party is like Ron (tank), Tia (magic dealer), Rose (sub magic dealer), and Lapisca (physical dealer), and the healer’s seat is halfway empty.
At this time, the character you can experience is Benit.
‘Performance is not very good….’
As always with Pure Healers, it has the downside of having too many recovery skills and few utility skills.
Anyway, she is also a priest. That’s why he had the ability to create holy water in this way.
Apply the holy water Benit made to your dagger.
Then, he immediately threw a dagger at Reis.
-Chin.
Instantly responsive laces. It jumps up suddenly and gets out of the dagger’s path.
The flying dagger cut through the air and stuck itself into the wall.
Undaunted, I threw three daggers at once.
Reis twisted her body to avoid the first of the three daggers,
The second dagger also cut through the air,
The third and last dagger is stuck in Reis’s ankle.
-…… !
A silent scream.
As if shaking in pain, the lace stiffens greatly.
Taking advantage of that gap, Claire jumped as if throwing herself, and swung the sword coated with holy water as it was.
– Pod.
Lace as if split in two.
The body is shattered and disintegrated into particles.
As if melting into the air, the figure gradually disappears.
I won.
However,
“…It won’t be easy.”
I muttered in a voice mixed with a sigh.
Ariel Beheritt, The Alchemist.
Marie Ruhelif, the Ice Wizard.
Cler Antilus, Battle Mage.
Although they are wizards, the strengths of this party, each with different fields, are its powerful ability to create variables, and its leadership on the battlefield.
You can dominate the battlefield just by pouring attacks according to the set plan, and it is a style that wins by pushing through with firepower.
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However, its weaknesses are also clear.
Disadvantages that all three of them are wizards.
It is that the ability to cope with the situation is quite poor.
“Eh, Ariel…! Less, Wraith…!”
Marie, noticing Reis’s approach from behind, exclaimed.
If you click your tongue and throw the dagger right away, the lace will go into the wall.
It wasn’t until the dagger hit the wrong wall that Wraith spun around and came out of the wall.
Of course, I’m aiming for Marie, not for Claire.
“Uh-uh!”
Marie swings her staff at Wraith with a strange chirping sound.
Mari’s wand was also coated with holy water in advance, so she can damage Wraith to some extent.
But it didn’t help much. Claire, who has the ability to fight in close combat, struggles against Race, but there is no way that Race can be hit by a clumsily wielded cane attack.
Still, Race was strongly conscious of the divine attack, so he actively avoided Marie’s staff attack.
That would buy me a bit of time, so I could get right behind the race.
If you pull out the sword right from your waist and swing it.
“Eh, Ariel, back…!”
Marie exclaims.
Looking back, there was another Wraith.
Tsk. If you cluck your tongue, hold Marie’s waist and leap to the side,
Two wraiths twist their bodies grotesquely as if they were dancing, and then hide into the ground.
“Ariel, do you think it will take long?”
Claire said in a slightly frustrated voice.
Looking that way, I saw that all kinds of undead monsters were gathered around Claire.
Zombies, Ghouls, Skeleton Warriors, Living Armor, Cursed Swords.
More than 10 undead were somehow imprisoned in , And Claire was blocking their access by herself.
Claire’s body was already in a state where the Was activated, but he even brought out the As if that wasn’t enough.
“How long will you last?”
“He has to endure as much as he can to endure.”
“I see.”
In other words, you can endure it, but you cannot solve it alone.
Meanwhile, undead continue to gather, and Claire’s tanking burden is increasing.
Nevertheless, the reason why he has a relaxed expression is probably because his mana supply has improved through the brilliance of Andebarium.
So there doesn’t seem to be a problem.
‘But I can’t leave Claire like this.’
You don’t know how many more battles we’ll have in the future.
Under such circumstances, if Claire loses all of her mana, we will be annihilated.
I pulled out a Mountain Eater.
“Marie, it’s going to shake a little.”
With that said, I threw the bomb.
Along with the explosion, the impact is transmitted from the bottom of the feet, and the ground is greatly shaved.
The lace is revealed in a hole in the deep floor.
I rushed into the dust and immediately swung my sword.
– Pod.
Lacy’s body is being cut in two.
It becomes particles and dissolves into the air.
Once I got rid of one.
But there is one more Wraith.
“Marie, help Claire. I’ll take care of the race.”
“Ugh, yes…!”
Following my instructions, Marie begins to cast her magic.
Marie completes her magic and begins to shoot down the undead one after another,
When the number of undead decreases, Claire’s tanking burden also decreases and her feet start to loosen up.
However, the race doesn’t leave it alone either.
Reis’ hand rises from the ground and tries to grab Marie’s ankle.
The purpose of Wraith is to disrupt Mari’s magic.
By doing so, the purpose is to increase Claire’s tanking burden and annihilate our party.
Of course, I have no intention of leaving it that way.
Anticipating that Wraith would interfere with Marie, I threw the dagger right away.
But Reis, as if conscious of me, immediately hid into the ground.
Soon after, it appears from a different direction and runs towards Marie.
“…That’s f*cking annoying.”
Then the messy fight began.
Reis persistently tried to harass Marie,
To protect Marie, I continued to mark and chase the race.
Is this really a battle or a tag game?
It was like a soccer player chasing a bouncing ball all over the place, and it felt like only my stamina was being eaten away.
But it was by no means a meaningless act.
While I was wasting time, Marie and Claire eventually succeeded in getting rid of all the undead,
Like that, the three of them worked together and managed to catch and kill Reis.
“So Ariel, what are you going to do next?”
Claire told me as soon as she cut the lace.
“I don’t know. If we can’t solve this, there’s no hope of attacking.”
“Hmm.”
I don’t think it’s hopeless, but the current form is definitely putting too much pressure on Claire.
In the end, the race is the problem.
Wraith’s attack power is not that strong, but she has the ability to interrupt Marie while she is casting her magic.
When Marie’s magic is interrupted, her crowd control and firepower are reduced drastically, and her ability to deal with monsters is also reduced.
How to solve this situation,
“I’ll have to level up.”
“Leveling? Do you think leveling will solve the problem?”
Claire makes a puzzled expression.
“The problem right now is Wraith. None of us can take Wraith down fast.”
“It’s not like that.”
“But you know it’s not a problem that can be solved by leveling. The problem is that all three of them are mages.”
And Claire said.
“Why don’t you bring a priest?”