chapter 23
Fallen Dragon Corpse (4)
[Wow. It’s even worse here. What kind of dirty job do you have? Last time a human corpse, this time a worm corpse.]
“Is this the new era of 3D jobs? Well, anyway, because it’s a job you have to kill to earn.”
Eliminate the enemies wandering around with Anistine in advance. When entering a place where monsters are crowded, it is embarrassing when these guys start to stick together.
The basis of modern Guardian and Hunter strategies is to unify the enemy’s attack routes.
As in the old war, attacks coming from the rear or the side wear people mentally and effectively consume combat power.
And it adds to the burden on the limited magical power and resources of the supporters who restore it.
In a country where even if you focus on one thing, even if you take care of it, people from all directions are coming to you asking for recovery?
The party is going to explode.
And the so-called wanderer-type monsters that protrude from unexpected spaces and cause trouble for people become a fatal problem in clearing the dungeon.
Those who clear or speed run for the first time are capable enough to ignore them, but
For people, like us, whose goal is to complete the mission itself, it’s better to catch them all in advance if possible.
I have a hard time breathing and my body is tired, but I’m still able to maneuver, so I’ll have to move a bit more.
[Why do you let your friends who came earlier take a break and only you go?]
To Anistine’s question, I answer briefly.
“First, they haven’t trained properly like me yet. I checked what my limits are, but I’ll have to judge them assuming they’re at a normal level. Now that I’m in good shape, I fight well, but when my condition deteriorates, I don’t know. I want them to be able to fight well if possible. And the second.”
I pierce the worm’s head with a shotgun and peel off the worm’s backplate.
It had horns as if worn by the shoguns of old Japan.
“To monopolize the beetle upper. This is a pretty precious material. You can process it and sell it, or you can use it as your own. It is hard and light enough to eat even a C-class dungeon.”
[Buy it steadily.]
“I have to earn quite a bit of money to pay someone to pay for a drink and provide a dress. Above all else, you have to work hard to pay for the cost of modifying this rifle. Third···.”
After shoving the upper into the bag, I open my mouth one last time.
“If they say it’s a C-class dungeon, they would already be terrified, but imagine that in that situation, more prowlers will join you from the side or from the back. They are mentally driven and will try to run away at any moment. Namgoong-yeon is proud of herself, so she will keep her seat until the end, but if the situation is rushing, Lee Jung-soo or Kana will not be able to see it. A team where two out of four run away? can’t win We want to minimize that possibility.”
Now he sits on the corpse of the bug with no loot to remove, reloads and checks his gun.
He catches his breath for a while from running around and aiming, then prepares to return to his teammates.
With this, I’ve hunted down every enemy I can see, so at least it won’t be pouring down here and there.
It won’t end when you get hit in the back of the head while dealing with the amount you can barely digest.
Now, it is a matter of me and Namgoongyeon, the damage dealer, to coordinate and digest the quantity.
After all, tanks and healers have a fixed amount of enemies they can digest at that level.
When I got back to the team, the team atmosphere was pretty gloomy.
I don’t know for what reason.
I’m sure you gave me time to rest, but why is the atmosphere so full?
Namgoong-yeon was still glaring at me, and they couldn’t even look into my eyes like a loser.
“The reconnaissance is over. There are no more detachments or wanderers before me.”
And Namgoongyeon looks at me and asks.
“Did you catch it? You said you were coming to scout.”
“We caught not only terrain reconnaissance, but also wanderers.”
She approached me almost growling.
“What do you think of the team? Do we know what the passengers are sitting on the bus you drive? We can do it too.”
“You think I didn’t take you with me because it was ugly? Considering your stamina, I just arrange stamina before going to the enemy. I have no feelings.”
I refer to Namgung-yeon and Lee Jeong-soo.
“First of all, you two, you have no choice but to use up your stamina in close combat. And I spent most of my energy in the outpost. The moment you lose your vitality, your fighting power will drop sharply, and there is no time for rest when fighting the main army. And you are not yet complete physically. I can’t rest but now. That’s why I didn’t take it.”
Next is Yoko Kana.
“And Kana has to take care of your stamina, so I left it here. In particular, you have to supply magical power, and I assure you, if I had gone out on reconnaissance with you, I would not have had the stamina to go into battle, nor the time to prepare for it later.”
It drives her to say nothing.
“They say that I am the only person in this team who can go out on reconnaissance. As a team leader, it was a rational decision. It’s not that you’re just not good enough, it’s that you’re doing your best to carry out this difficult task.”
She still shot me, but I have to push her more than this to awaken her further.
“If you’re all rested, get up now. Time is running out.”
She says as she gets up with her sword.
“What I want to say is, please trust the team a little more.”
I don’t say anything.
How do you know I hardly trust them?
*
I instruct you to dig a trap in a place you’ve seen beforehand.
As before, it is to inflict maximum damage before entering the battle.
And above all else, it is a requirement to go to the main unit.
In my opinion, I don’t have the strength to deal with all of the main units at once.
My strategy is to divide the main force into two factions and, if possible, deal with the bosses as quickly as possible.
A thunderbolt with digestive juices, a trap with an explosive amulet, for a short time we do what we can.
“ruler. Nam Goong Yeon. Are you ready?”
“yes. I’ll come as planned.”
“remember. As instructed, do not engage. We drive the enemy into this narrow place, and when the enemy is halfway through, we activate the trap and split the enemy’s main force in two.”
I go up high
“I want to sing a poem for you, but you know there’s nothing you can do to keep your prayer secret, right?”
[eww. I’m kind, so I’m patient.]
After waiting for a while, Namgoongyeon comes running with the roar of the Fusion Blade.
She runs as I have instructed, avoiding engagement.
Her sword floats and coalesces, producing a stretching noise.
whistle
Every time my Mosin Nagant breathes fire, the worms that threaten her fall down.
Obviously, the gun Betty modified is a different level than before.
Every time the trigger is pulled, only the worm’s chest and stomach remain as if there was even a correction for the legendary sniper.
Namgoongyeon is not caught as if caught by her front legs, but she constantly raises her medicine and runs away.
Behind her, at least sixty or more insects are clinging to her.
And the guy we have to catch to complete the mission comes running.
worms with dozens of legs and six heads,
Hekatoncheires is named after a monster in mythology.
The parent of the bugs, this guy has a terribly high combat power, but it also has the ability to regenerate.
When one head dies, they grab a child who roams around, remove the dead head, and attach the head.
Destroy all 6 heads to win.
also at the same time.
It’s a simple thing, but it’s also very annoying.
At first glance, it seems invincible because of the insects that constantly attack,
There is also a way to dig this dungeon.
Not one, but two.
First of all, before the head sticks to the body with strong firepower, explode all the materials on the head to kill them, and then concentrate the firepower to hunt the boss.
Although it is the most standard hunting method, there is no way we have such firepower.
We must aim for Hekatoncheires’ hidden weakness.
Compared to the original six heads, the attached head lacks combat computing power.
Therefore, the more new the head is attached, the lower the judgment and combat power.
After sniping the head of the running guy in advance, delay the merging of the enemy, and pinpoint only the boss before escaping. That’s our goal.
The goal of this dungeon is to hunt the boss and detonate the heart, not to kill all the enemies.
For this reason, the success or failure of the dungeon begins by reducing the enemy’s head as much as possible.
While Nam Goong-yeon, who plays the role of the bait, moves and drags the boss, I break my head.
Now that the second head has been blown off, it seems to be getting slower and slower.
And now is the right time to separate the boss monsters and the scoundrels.
I send a signature.
Lee Jung-soo rolls a huge piece of rotting flesh.
It would be nice if he was hit on top of the boss, but there’s no way someone who can’t beat him because he’s fast compared to his bloated body.
The piles of flesh fall and about five insects are crushed.
Their antennae tremble as if they were going to the worms’ Valhalla after death.
A large number of bugs swarm behind the flesh, not knowing what to do.
“In the next 15 minutes, they will come over the piles. It should be settled within 15 minutes.”
Two heads were removed. Originally, the four were supposed to be removed, but it seems that the number of enemies as well as the abilities have been strengthened due to the runaway dungeon.
Namgoongyeon rushes to her head while exhaling harshly.
“Kana. Please support Nam Goong-yeon.”
“Leave it to me!”
After a few amulets are attached to Namgoongyeon’s body, her body comes back to life.
She raises her sword and slashes through the bugs and shouts.
“Get out of the junk!”
It is clear that she follows the style of her mother, who was a legendary vanguard.
It wouldn’t be helpful in dealing with the majority.
I still don’t know about my own style.
Because of that, she had to face the attack.
Because of that, Kana had to constantly consume her magical power to restore Namgungyeon.
“Lee Jeong-soo. Get rid of anything that clings to her and pull her into her body ag.”
Lee Jung-soo, who returned to the body of steel, rushes in and shouts at the monsters.
“Kee!!!!”
Lee Jung-soo, who rushes with an inhuman battle cry, attracts the attention of the monsters.
Even the head that was facing Namgungyeon right in front of her eyes was drawn to it, and it was a shout like a pterosaur that humans could not bear to say.
“Where are you looking!”
And Namgoongyeon, who moves like lightning and cuts off one more hair, now there are three left.
Howling worms, they want to call the wanderers into reinforcements.
But I can’t come.
I’ve already dealt with it.
It is worth doing if you have prepared a dungeon comparable to a C-class in advance and have familiarized yourself with the strategy in advance.
All the remaining explosive bombs are loaded into the Mosin Nagant, and one more head is dropped.
Now all that’s left is two heads.
But at the same time, the vanguard begins to gather.
Namgoong-yeon and Lee Jeong-soo can’t get their strength to catch the bugs that rush to fill the rest of the head, and the speed at which they deal with the boss slows down.
“The deal is being pushed! I have to do something…”
At the same time, a swarm of insects that break through the meat wall faster than expected,
I expected 15 minutes, but in less than 10 minutes, the wall will collapse.
“Lee Jeong-soo! Block the wall.”
He asks while looking at Namgoongyeon who clenches her teeth and cuts down insects.
“But now, if I fall for it, I have to stop the boss mob by myself!”
“Shut up and just go ahead and stop it! Namgoong-yeon can do this on her own. He’s a lot stronger than you think.”
Lee Jeong-soo breaks down the crumbling meat wall with a body of steel and blocks the passageway for insects to enter.
“Ahhhhhhhh!”
He blocks the passage with all his might.
*
The rest is up to me and Rahobin.
“Kana! More amulet of recovery to Namgungyeon!”
However, she has to heal on both sides, and soon she gets no help and is attacked by a bug.
There’s no way I can afford to put on a talisman of recovery or anything like that.
It has prevented even one insect from going up to the head, but it is slowly reaching its limit.
Was my sword this short?
There’s a bug crawling over my head, and my sword can’t reach it.
“Hold on one more minute!”
Rahobin’s roar erupted.
I mean, it’s easy.
But he certainly does what he says.
I don’t know what his plans are,
One minute decided to try to stop them from going to their heads somehow.
Avoid the attack of Hekatoncheires and squeeze all the power of the body.
Dodging the giant sickle-like forelegs, draws out all of its magical power and prepares for a single slash.
can i write
My mother’s misconceptions, which she hadn’t been able to use properly even in practice up to this point.
But the swords say.
You can’t write it yet.
I try to imitate it forcibly, but that’s just too crude.
I have to do it though.
If even I give up on this, I can’t show that idiot that I’m good.
He made a relentless charge on a single head rushing towards him.
If he could blow off even one head, his burden might be reduced…
However, it was pointless. The worm that twisted its body and blocked it with the upper part cries out in pain.
His body was ragged, but he couldn’t cut both of them off.
Several small bugs start climbing on their bodies and heads.
I know I have to stop it, but I just can’t hold on to it.
‘What’s up with me? Are you saying this is the end for someone like me?’
That was the time.
Rahobin jumped directly from a safe high ground.
‘When it comes down to you, there is no one to put the deal safely in…!’
He was running towards me, screaming like an ancient warrior.
“Great sword! on the floor! Let it fly!”
I don’t know what he wants, but I have no choice but to obey.
As he lays the sword on the floor, he steps on it.
I think you know roughly what you want.
He draws out all his strength and throws him into the air.
The shotgun in his hand floated into the air, spitting fire like a dragon.
Having killed a single head in the air, he tossed his shotgun and pulled out a pair of pistols from his bosom. Six feet, and another six.
Like the protagonist in a Hong Kong movie, like a blonde in a western movie, he pours everything he has onto the bug.
And last overhead, he fired his lever-action rifle like a machine gun.
Each time a bullet is hit, the worm collapses as if a shell had been hit.
He accomplished a task that seemed impossible.
When the pheromone of defeat and despair was transmitted to the insects around them, they dispersed like wheels lit by fire.
I have no strength in my whole body.
He looked up at the falling Hekatoncheires.
The dragon’s corpse is on fire because of incendiary bombs, and the world is so bright.
Because of the fire, Rahobin’s face was almost invisible.
Behind his head, a ray of light was in full bloom because of an unknown light source.
His face, reaching out to her with his back to the light, was so bright.
“Nam Goong-yeon. You can be like your mother.”
It was something I wanted to hear for the rest of my life.