chapter 229
229 – When Three Monsters Come Together
‘…Shit! You really almost died, right?!’
It was a sharp attack aimed precisely at the core of my head.
‘That’s incredible swordsmanship. A stab has this much power.’
An unidentified vortex emerging from its body her she was also noticeable.
I think it was because of that ability that it moved so fast that it wasn’t even visible to me.
‘Certainly, I didn’t give my all until now? It’s not…’
I felt that it was also wary of me and was exerting its maximum power. But ultimately, it showed such a drastic change.
‘I remembered. But wasn’t that ability a trait that activates briefly when you’re in a near-death state?’
If that skill was an active skill that could be used without major restrictions, I had to think a little differently.
To counter that, I looked for an opportunity while preparing the combination of Lightning Step and Reckless Charge that I had just used.
‘Hmm…’
When I quickly regained my senses, fortunately, I was overwhelming the monsters everywhere except my battle.
The performance of the newly supplied weapons is having a much greater effect than those that received the buff.
It was natural. If you just swing roughly, their armor will explode.
‘Phew – good. If I do well-‘
It was a time when I took a long sigh and was about to attack.
‘W-what is this?’
I felt the sensation of someone forcibly destroying the common space we were in.
This rumbling sensation is typically the sensation felt when passing through a gate portal, but the difference was that it was being done intentionally by someone.
Woooooung─
Soon, a huge portal began to be created on one side of the cavity.
Behind the swaying portal, three vague dolls swayed.
Three large men wearing robes… Familiar figures I’ve seen before.
“What… ?!”
“Fuck! What is that?!”
“Quick, we have to sort these out quickly! Quickly!”
When his colleagues realized that something had happened, they began to overdo their attacks.
However, even though we were pushing back overwhelmingly, we did not significantly reduce the Skeleton Knights’ forces, so we could not do as we wanted, and naturally the battle between the two groups entered a lull.
‘Excluding the first one killed by the bomb, I think we only reduced it to about a hundred…’
No, rather, considering the enemy’s increased combat power, it may have been a fairly good result.
The portal immediately expanded its presence.
Countless monsters were detected. For a third force to appear at a time when the fate of the winner was still unclear, it was truly the worst situation that could be imagined.
We weren’t the only ones confused.
The Skeleton Knight, who was in the middle of a battle, held back his arms and stared at the portal with a blue glow in his eyes.
That gaze clearly contained hatred and hostility, causing the hunters on the battlefield to swallow their saliva.
‘…Damn…’
[Naharkhguul─]
‘…’
Nargul.
The person who opened that portal was clearly someone who was ranked as the ruler of this dungeon.
The fact that not one, but three rulers of the D-grade final dungeon would gather together is something that would normally be unthinkable.
The guys showed off their skills by breaking through a portal in one go, covering a distance that would take two days to reach.
‘If three Narguls come together, can they do such tricks…’
I wondered how on earth they had identified this place all at once, but the mystery was soon resolved by the presence of the Skeleton Knight next to me, raising his anger to its full potential.
‘Did you find it with this bastard’s energy? Nothing works. Damn it!’
A group of undead were steadily appearing through the portal that had already been created. The Skeleton Knight looked at the monsters for a moment, then looked at me and muttered something.
[Suooooo─]
It felt like I was saying that we should stop fighting and start over from those things, but I shrugged my shoulders and pointed at the portal.
Then the Skeleton Knight gave his head and turned his gaze away from me. Do you think I already agreed?
I quickly approached Yeonhee and delivered her message, and the people were both surprised and hopeful by the information that was quickly transferred through her, and watched closely the movements of her her Skeleton Knight forces her her.
You can’t just believe what the leader of the force you were fighting with a moment ago says and rush in with them, so wait for them to make a move.
The Skeleton Knight didn’t care whether we noticed or not, he pointed at the portal and ordered the entire army to rush in.
“Big huh ──!”
Although the number decreased slightly, the momentum of the undead whose ranks rose was unstoppable.
“H-! Surprise! Are we really in a joint attack with them?”
Arin said as if she couldn’t believe it, but she was taking quick steps toward the portal.
Of course, other colleagues and summoned animals were also there.
Because we had to launch an all-out war to cut off Nargul’s men before they could completely cross the portal.
Woooooung─
“Damn it! The portal is getting bigger!”
“How many Nargul are there?”
“Still, it’s a good thing I can’t come over.”
Nargul only played the role of connecting the space beyond the portal and could not come across with it.
Just maintaining the portal must be daunting. No matter how much they band together, there are some things that are possible and some that are not possible.
The Skeleton Knights were already engaged in a fierce battle, colliding head-on with the large army of undead that had come over with their limbs. Following the Skeleton Knight, I stayed in the air and threw all the remaining bombs towards the portal.
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-!
Nargul’s undead who were moving along the narrow portal were caught in the explosion of the bomb, scattering bone fragments everywhere, and at that moment, Nargul, who was maintaining the portal, glared at me as if he were going to kill me.
‘What will you do if you see it? Come in and have a look!’
However, the Nargul trio only flashed their eyes and did not take any action.
Even.
‘What? ‘You can’t even revive monsters?’
Just maintaining the portal was too much for them, and even Nargul’s greatest strength was not being utilized. Still, is there any reason to visit here? It won’t just be to catch us.
‘You can’t miss this opportunity!’
Grumbling─
A condensed fireball used against the Blue Eyes organization that was manipulating them with malicious crystals.
Watching the Skeleton Knight’s battle in the air, I prepared the fireball that I couldn’t use a moment ago.
The fireball that was gradually overlapping in my left hand suddenly turned into a huge sphere and rose like a small sun in the sky.
[Harguuuuu──!]
[Nataraan──!]
But whether I did it or not, Nargul and the Skeleton Knight were busy waging a war of attrition, screaming horribly at each other.
I wonder if he doesn’t notice my attack, or if he thinks he can just ignore this.
Even though they were at a distance where they couldn’t fight directly, the two just let out terrible screams as if they were competing. Oh, it’s noisy! You bastards!
It was none of my business what happened to those two.
Just by looking at the name given to the dungeon, you can probably guess what the story is, but since I have to deal with all of them, I just wanted them to keep fighting.
‘Still, I feel a little sad?’
It’s an attack that’s pretty close to a special move, but it doesn’t draw the slightest attention. This thing gets hot like this.
Kuaa─
A huge ball of fire, twice the size of the tent where Yeonhee and I slept, began to fall from the ceiling of the common room in response to the gesture of my hand.
The leaders of both sides of the undead and the rest of the undead raised their heads in surprise when they felt hot energy above their heads.
[…!]
‘Bang.’
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-!
The fireball that exploded at the entrance of the portal with a tremendous explosion sound had an effect over a range of tens of meters, and even displayed a performance that instantly destroyed the heads of two giant skeletons belonging to Nargul’s forces.
‘Haha, those giant guys. I only managed to kill him by striking him with a dagger.’
The overlapping fireball was definitely worthy of being called a special move. This is my second time using it, but it surprises me every time I use it.
“Wow…”
“That’s a real monster…”
“How much magic power do you have to be able to perform an attack of that level? It looks like it’s a stack of fireballs… Even high-level hunters can’t even try that.”
“But is that a fire ball?”
Everyone expressed their surprise at my special move by adding comments, and only then did I feel somewhat satisfied.
Except for Yeonhee, our party members could not close their mouths in surprise as it was their first time seeing this technology.
“Now! Follow me!”
Yeom Tae-seok casts “Follow Me,” Which I had only heard of.
He was the only one who was not distracted by my attack, and the timing of his attack was not bad.
He overlaid the aura of devotion on all the melee hunters around him, grabbed the mace and the club in both hands, and swept away the enemies by spinning them around like a top.
‘That’s amazing. Have you had any rejuvenation?’
Of course, the reason Yeom Tae-seok and the hunters were able to run wild to their heart’s content was because of the work of Ham Eun-young, who continued to support them from behind, and Noh Hayun, who froze the enemies with [ Ice Field] And restricted their movement.
Of course, I couldn’t lose either.
It was burdensome to use big skills in succession, but I tried condensing to use the fireball one more time.
As I prepared a big technique twice in a row, my magic power quickly reached the bottom.
However, the magic power was fully charged again thanks to the privilege of the highest level magic circuit.
He gathered all the magical power he had received and threw another huge fireball towards the portal.
Jijijijik-
Kwaang—!
But didn’t the fireball that was flying well suddenly become distorted, its orbit distorted, and it exploded at the midpoint?
[Chwoaa─]
‘Those damn Nargul bastards!’
They used [Arcane Deflection] To distort the fireball’s trajectory. There is no way I could have done this level of magic on my own.
‘Of course!’
I saw three Nargul glaring at me with their hands clasped together. They even gave up on maintaining the portal.
Looking at the clearly reduced amount of magic attribute, I could see that it wasn’t an easy attempt for them either.
As I was changing the trajectory of my magic, they were surprised by the portal rapidly shrinking in size and released their grip again.
‘You can’t believe I’m playing that.’
I felt a little dazed that I had used my greatest special move in vain. You surprised me several times today.
A ridiculous monster with both the abilities and magic of a necromancer.
What kind of world was it like where something like that lived?
…Shit! Dirty bastards! Twat tsk!
– Bwaah! Hot-! Ah, wow…!
The fireball whose trajectory was distorted exploded in the wrong place, and in the end, the only woman among the hunters in the archer position was injured, having her arm burned to death when it reached the range of the fireball.
The woman fell to the ground, rolling around on her back, her fireball still blazing and clutching her arms that were giving her strength.
I ran straight to the woman and poured the water of Irmana on her burning arms.
Then the flame that had not been extinguished was extinguished at once.
But even in that brief moment, her arms were severely burned, and blisters the size of her fists began to appear here and there.