NOVEL NEXT Chapter 99
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Open the door! Open the door!
What’s with the broadcast pause? Why is the screen black?!
I want to build a snowman with the white dog too!
Hehe… Show me more, Frederica!
Show me the white dog!
Did Woo Gyeol turn this off?
Nah, the white dog’s screen just went off.
The universe temporarily shut down.
Please… This is the only broadcast where I can communicate while watching the white dog…
Please tell them to open the white dog’s chat!
The white dog is in the middle of a trial, so I doubt communication will happen?
“Okay, hold on everyone. It’s a pause, so I think we’ll be back soon… I hope?”
The guild master of GG Guild, Woo Gyeol, was flustered.
The streaming screen of Rain, which had been streaming smoothly, suddenly switched to a black screen.
The wizard from the GG Guild party, who was doing the dungeon content with Woo Gyeol, was deep in thought.
“Hm, did the broadcast stop right in front of the last named enemy? Since they showed up to 2 Named, should we just take care of 3 Named on our own?”
I’ve shown enough. I won’t show any more.
LOL
Wait, did you see 2 Named?
It vanished when I tied in a status effect with Demon Illusion, right?
Yeah, but you need to apply the right status effects for each.
If it’s a party play, we can just assign one to each, except for the tank.
But, do swordsmen normally have that many status effects?
Looks like they put them in through direct hits instead of skills? That’s amazing.
It’s tough to raise the stun judgment though, LOL.
Common sense doesn’t apply to the white dog.
Oh, the screen’s back!
Whoa!
“…Oh!”
“The named battle has already begun.”
The broadcast screen of Rain that had been paused came back.
Ka-ka-ka-kank!
A witch blowing cold air clashed with a silver-haired girl.
‘Witch Frederica’ was swirling ice blades around her body and was using them to attack Rain.
“This guy has HP of 50 million…! Is there a gimmick that can reduce HP all at once?”
“Attack speed is fast and fierce. And the range is wide too.”
“That white flash pattern… crosses almost the entire map. Looks like a pattern that particularly ranged attackers should be careful of.”
Rain’s battle moves—slightly jumping, twisting his body, deflecting with his sword, and stabbing through the ice blades circling the witch.
The GG Guild party held their breaths and focused on the screen.
I really can’t follow that movement.
Sure, it gets faster as agility stats increase, but it’s hard to control properly.
Yeah, the movement is secondary; it should mostly be done with skills.
Real athletes don’t win everything in games, right? LOL
Even though a ranked gladiator is a former boxer…
That person really worked hard on the game too.
Then what about Rain? A former swordsman? LOL
That might actually be true…
Doesn’t sound like a joke at all.
“Look at that. The witch’s ice blades are not only attacking but also guarding.”
“With 50 million HP and guarding too…! It doesn’t seem like there are any blind spots, yet Rain’s attacks are still landing.”
“He’s dodging the ice blades and inserting his sword. Do you think regular users could pull that off?”
“Hm… it would be tough.”
“Still, with four people, most would likely hit. The number of ice blades is limited, and during patterns using multiple blades, the guard loosens. Moreover, it seems ranged attacks can hit without problems.”
“Close-range dealers are going to have a hard time. The tank will struggle to get aggro.”
While Woo Gyeol and his party members were in conversation, the witch’s pattern changed.
Ku-gu-gu-gu.
With a tremor, icicles fell from the ceiling, forming five cold areas.
“From here onwards, it’s the special phase.”
“That, that one!”
Ssssssssh!
Rain moved, leaving an afterimage. In the blink of an eye, he stepped on and eliminated all five areas.
The wizard, in a daze, questioned.
“What just happened?”
“It looks similar to the ice area gimmick from the Ice Ogre King of the Ice Fortress. It disappeared quickly as soon as Rain moved.”
“Did he step on them to remove them? Wouldn’t that cause a freeze status effect?”
“Seems he used coordinate movement skills to cancel the freeze… The exact skill sequence, I’ll have to play it back slowly later. I don’t even know the swordsman class that well.”
Papapapap!
From the distant last area he removed, Rain’s sword unleashed starlight swordsmanship, wreaking havoc on the witch’s body. At the same time, the white flash shot by the witch was easily dodged. The witch flew at Rain with an extremely angry expression.
“This is a normal pattern. Has the special phase ended? It seems easier than I thought.”
“Ah, not yet! One ice blade is floating in the center!”
Woo-woong!
An ice blade that fell from the witch’s body emitted a strong light.
Spapapapap!
Soon, centered around it, a strong blizzard began to rage in the combat area.
The witch grinned menacingly and hid herself within the storm of ice shards.
The subsequent battle patterns proceeded with the witch’s one-sided attacks.
Continuously throwing ranged ice blades, blocking approaches with the ice storm, and at the same time, two white magical spheres were generated, slowly beginning to chase Rain.
Icicles fell, and cold areas were created. Although they weren’t generated all at once like before, it seemed more would be made.
A relentless variety of patterns. There are countless factors to pay attention to. Approaching seems impossible.
The audience was left speechless.
Breaking the silence, Woo Gyeol finally spoke up.
“I-is this the right difficulty? Forget soloing, party play seems tough too…?”
“If that ice storm resembles 2 Named standards, it’ll block even ranged projectiles. There’s just no way to attack.”
Ice blades are flying from a distance. The spheres are pursuing. We have to eliminate the areas too.
With the storm raging in the center, we can’t even approach the witch.
Projectiles are blocked, and close-range dealers have no way to attack at all.
If the starlight swordsmanship has a devastating effect, that could work. But isn’t the cooldown long?
Yeah, and on top of that, HP is 50 million.
There’s absolutely no way to clear this with just a party play. This was poorly made.
What’s the white dog going to do…?
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[3 Named]
[Level 48 Witch Frederica]
[HP 39,970,496 / 50,000,000 (79%)]
Kang!
I deflected the ice blade that flew at me and stepped on one of the areas created in the process.
Chak.
Lowering my stance, I unleashed starlight swordsmanship toward the witch hidden in the storm.
Papapapap!
One, two, three, four, and five. And with that, I released the freeze status.
Kwaaaaa!
“Whoa!”
The witch was exposed to the sword energy in the storm, unguarded. However, she quickly regained her stance and began to hurl ice blades at me.
Even with immunity to ranged projectiles, skills with devastating effects can hit. However, ‘starlight swordsmanship’ has a long cooldown. It’s impossible to deplete the witch’s HP with just this skill.
At the same time, two white spheres that had come closer to me were dodged. They were slow. I didn’t even have to use an evasion skill.
Although the patterns were disorderly, they weren’t unmanageable types. As long as I stay calm, I can respond one by one.
Spapapapap!
The problem is still the storm of ice shards swirling around the witch.
“Ha ha ha!”
The witch laughed menacingly amidst the storm, repeatedly launching ice blades at me.
This is bad.
I can’t inflict damage without removing that storm.
Of course, there’s not no way to approach. I just need to remember when I faced the ‘Ancient Hero’s Sword Dance.’
I can enter with backward evasion, counterattack to resist, inflict damage with one flash and exit. If I keep using invincibility skills, I could strike without taking damage while in that storm.
But that’s a one-off. I can’t keep dealing damage. Would I enter the storm every minute that one flash is off cooldown to chip away at the remaining 40 million? Absolutely not.
Spapapapap!
Then clearly, there must be a gimmick to stop that storm.
My eyes quickly scanned the entire audience room.
What could it be? Are there any special objects?
The cold areas absorb if left alone. The ice blades just fly directly at me.
That leaves only…
Woo-woong!
Just the two white spheres, emitting light and approaching me.
Tatat!
Though it took a while to think, the time before acting was short.
While I looked directly at the white spheres slowly approaching me.
Swaaaaa!
I made sure the ice blade coming towards me followed a straight trajectory.
Boom! Boom!
The two white spheres pierced through the ice blades, disappearing in a strong flash of light.
Spap!
The storm in the center of the combat area ceased, and at the same time, a white light swirled around my body.
[Attack Stack 2nd Level (1 minute 30 seconds)]
Two buffs giving a 10% attack increase.
“Was this it?”
Using the ice blades, I could eliminate the white spheres.
And with each sphere, I receive one attack power buff.
To take down the witch’s 50 million HP, is it done by cutting away with infinitely stacking attack power buffs.
Dazzle! Kugu-gung.
At the same time, the witch’s flash came rushing in. That devastating strike sliced through the ice sculptures behind me.
Of course, I merely twisted my upper body to dodge.
“Whoa!”
With a whoosh! Kakang!
The witch lunged at me with a terrifying scream. I blocked her ice blades while continuing my attacks.
Every special pattern gives an attack power buff. How friendly.
I smiled slyly at the witch through the blades of my sword set at a diagonal.
“Sister, is this all you prepared?”