NOVEL NEXT Chapter 130
[3 Named Enemy]
[Level 53]
[Commander Crow]
[HP 269,994,016 / 300,000,000 (90%)]
CAW-CAW-!!
Flap, flap.
Crow’s flight began.
Snip.
Chris swung her talisman-bearing hand sideways.
“12 o’clock. Deathly Death, Cherni, Bae Merong, Chris! 7 o’clock. Hopkins, Gandal, Yeon Mina, Dal Borom! 5 o’clock. Seob Seop Yi, Go Seung Woo, Red Hot Chicken, Catcher Yi!”
Chris quickly and accurately called out the raid members’ nicknames one by one.
Even if a predetermined position exists, there’s enough risk for movements to get tangled. The orders might seem long and messy, but here’s the truth: This simple task of calling out names can significantly reduce the number of tries.
The raid members moved in an orderly fashion, facing the three chimeras that appeared in their designated positions. Soon their skills began to pour towards the chimeras.
BOOM! PUNCH!
Meanwhile, Chris’s eyes were fixed on ‘Commander Crow’ flying in the air.
Flap.
The raven’s wing beats.
Chris shouted.
“Now! Wizards, Mana Barrier!”
WHUM!
Mana barriers from the wizards were generated among the three groups of raid members.
POW!
Crow’s feathers shot out but were blocked and extinguished by the wizards’ mana barrier.
KREEE-!!
The first chimera fell. It was at 12 o’clock, where the main tank, Deathly Death, was.
TATATAT!
Deathly Death moved to the center of the combat area with Bae Merong. Following that, the chimeras at 5 and 7 o’clock fell.
“First special phase complete, switching to the second phase! Catcher Yi, Cherni, Dal Borom, stay on guard at the outskirts! Everyone else, gather at 6 o’clock!”
GUHUUU!
As Crow’s gaze swept across the outskirts, Catcher Yi, Cherni, and Dal Borom vanished.
They had entered a ‘quarantine’ state, crossing into another dimension.
“Deathly, can you handle it?”
“It’s been three days now. If I can’t, I have to die.”
“Good.”
Deathly Death glanced at the party members gathered behind him and shot Chris a reassuring smile.
From now on, the party members’ survival depended on the tank’s capabilities.
The safe zones change with the tank’s position in the overall mana explosion. Not everyone can move.
WHUM!
Green light swirled around the body of the tank, Deathly Death.
[Protection of the World Tree]
[Protects the watchmen from Crow’s mana explosion]
CAW-CAW-!!
WHUM!
After Crow’s roar, the entire combat area, except for 6 o’clock, began to turn purple.
Deathly Death gradually moved counterclockwise, facing Crow’s attacks raining down on him.
BOOM-BOOM!
Explosions, explosions, explosions.
The entire mana explosions kept going.
There was only one safe zone.
To secure this safe zone, the tank had to keep moving. If there’s even a slight delay in movement or a wrong use of invulnerability, the entire party would be exposed to the mana explosion.
Deathly Death skillfully held the safe zone while dodging Crow’s attacks, using punches and kicks.
Checking the status of the safe zone, Chris immediately opened the party chat window.
To communicate with the three quarantined party members, she needed the system’s power.
WHUM!
Even now, mana was slowly concentrating on Crow. This was a phenomenon that occurs when Crow’s phantoms appearing from the other realm inject mana into him. When the power concentrating on Crow reached its critical point, an unavoidable annihilation attack would sweep over the whole party.
Three party members had entered the other dimension. There were three of Crow’s phantoms. Each had to handle one.
However, Crow’s phantoms had tremendous HP. They were focused on injecting mana into Crow by giving up all defenses. Even if the quarantine members dealt burst damage, it would be impossible to take out all three before Crow rampaged.
40 seconds into the second special phase attack time.
WHUM!
The mana gathering around Crow was approaching its critical point.
[Status Ailment Now!]
With Chris’s chat order, changes occurred in Crow’s body.
ZING!
The mana being injected into Crow stopped. The quarantine members in the other world temporarily interrupted the mana injection by inflicting status ailments on Crow’s phantoms.
“Great, we did it!”
The faces of the party members lit up.
It was a delicate task where the three quarantine members had to insert the status ailments on their assigned Crow phantoms at the exact timing. This time, they succeeded perfectly, interrupting the mana gathering around Crow. They had secured enough time for the quarantine members to deal with the phantoms and return.
SWISH, SWISH, SWISH!
The successful internal quarantine members began to emerge one by one from the safe zone. Chris commended their efforts.
“Well done, quarantine members!”
“Now do the same for 60%!”
WHOOSH!
With the completion of the first special phase, the Onmyoji’s party buff skill, ‘Divine Descent,’ activated.
“Okay, from now on, it’s Burst Damage Time!”
“Receive the pent-up frustration that simmered in the mana explosion!”
All raid members cloaked themselves in a blue glow and started enthusiastically pounding Crow’s body.
It wasn’t long before they entered the 60% special phase.
And just like that, they finished the phase.
[3 Named Enemy]
[Level 53]
[Commander Crow]
[HP 99,951,437 / 300,000,000 (30%)]
The Hong Baek raid finally entered Crow’s last special phase, the 30% ‘Sequential Quarantine.’
WHUM!
Crow’s flight, chimera handling, tank returning.
Up to this point, everything was the same.
However.
Snip.
Chris was positioned in the outskirts where she had processed the chimera, holding out a talisman.
In the last special phase, there would be only one new quarantine member entering the other dimension for the first time.
“You know? Even without me outside, just follow Bae Merong’s orders!”
“Leave it to me!”
WHUM!
Chris’s gaze twisted as she took in Bae Merong’s thumbs-up for the last time.
Everyone outside vanished, and she entered a blue space.
30% special phase, first quarantined member.
The role of the party’s highest damage dealer with precise timing for status ailment skills couldn’t be given to just anyone.
Chris had a heavy burden. She couldn’t just handle the first phantom and return. The second and third phantoms would continue to appear. She needed to move to the positions of the second and third incoming quarantined members while providing damage support on all phantoms while timing the orders in the other world to cut the mana injection.
Bae Merong would handle the orders from the outside world excellently.
Chris was set to carry out her mission in the other world.
“Rain did it alone.”
Once she crossed this wall, they’d stand in the same place.
“You said you were a hero?”
Rain’s mission, which she couldn’t comprehend.
A girl, while sacrificing her body, bleeding, handling everything alone.
“You’re not the only hero.”
The Continent of Astria, we will protect it together.
Chris narrowed her eyes and focused on the ‘Crow’s Phantom’ that revealed itself before her.
In the soundless explosions, Chris’s talisman began to cut through the air.
DING!
[‘Abyssal Tree’ Progress Status 3/3]
[‘Hong Baek’ raid has successfully destroyed the raid dungeon, ‘Abyssal Tree!’]
[1. Noname]
[2. Hong Baek]
[3. —–]
DADADA!
Chris’s footsteps hurriedly crossed through the interior of the World Tree.
She bit her lip.
“I took too long.”
She had left Rain for three days.
Even if the immediate danger wasn’t present, it was impossible for Rain, stuck in the World Tree without food or rest, to be normal. She needed to pull him out, feed him warm food, and take him to the hospital as soon as possible.
The innermost part of the World Tree. Before her, the leader of the Elf Guards, Palman, was waiting for Chris.
Palman sensed Chris’s presence and grinned smoothly.
“You’re late. I have things to attend to as well. Busy, you know.”
“Forget that; just open this quickly!”
WHUM!
A green aura flowed from Palman’s outstretched hand, enveloping Chris.
“This will allow you to communicate with the spirits.”
CRUNCH, CRUNCH.
Palman chuckled softly as he watched Chris hastily get her body through the opening in the tree trunk.
Then he turned back and walked away, murmuring softly.
“Please take care of the past hero. The hero of this age.”
“Yeah.”
Chris’s small baby bird, Rain, was in the embrace of an Elf radiating green light, wearing the happiest smile in the world.
What’s with that smile?
It’s a smile she’s never shown me.
The Elf cradling Rain was the very epitome of beauty.
A lovely face, a benevolent smile, pure white hair.
Indeed, the elves were called the race of beauty.
Rain was sleeping peacefully in the arms of the beautiful Elf woman.
A feeling, that was hard to identify, began to swell within Chris’s chest.
Snore, snore.
Rain was in a semi-conscious state. He was asleep without logging out.
Sleeping in a capsule must be uncomfortable.
Chris clutched her chest and carefully approached the glowing green Elf.
“Oh my.”
The female Elf, who had been gently stroking Rain’s hair, gasped as she looked at Chris coming closer.
Snip.
Chris’s eyes shone sharply as she positioned her hands at an angle to assume a defensive posture.
And she growled.
GRRR!