I Possess Too Many Characteristics

Chapter 26

“Kieeeeek!”

“What do we do now?”

It was good that they had detached the giant spider from the ceiling.

But even so, it seemed impossible to approach the creature as it frantically swung its blade-like legs.

Even if Jeonghyeon could see the attack paths, it was impossible to avoid all of them when they were pouring down so fast and irregularly.

If they were unlucky, they would surely be seriously injured by a stray leg.

But run away at this point?

Wouldn’t they go straight to the afterlife if the boss regained its senses before they completely escaped the gate?

The ordinary spiders were not swarming here just because they were afraid of the boss; they were still lurking somewhere in the cave.

“We have to settle it here.”

To be honest, I don’t really know the answer.

We weren’t prepared to catch the boss, and it wasn’t a party of that scale.

Jeonghyeon recalled the battle with Jucheol.

The situation then and now had similarities.

That the opponent was filled with rage.

And that the opponent didn’t even think for a moment that they would lose to us.

The only difference was that the power difference was incomparable to that time.

‘Normally, you need a party of at least 10 people to catch a boss in a 3-level gate……’

3-level gates also had the characteristic of being a turning point where bosses appeared.

Usually, a party of 10 or more with the appropriate level is required.

Moreover, the creature in front of us was a mutated species.

Jeonghyeon remembered the giant axe Jucheol was holding.

‘If only we had that kind of weapon, could we have done something?’

The weakness of the current party was the lack of strong melee attack power.

It didn’t matter when catching ordinary monsters, but it was extremely disadvantageous when catching a boss.

But thinking about what they didn’t have wouldn’t make it appear.

Jeonghyeon ordered Sangsu.

“For now, use the strongest magic you can. Let’s start by dealing as much damage as possible while it’s still out of it.”

“Understood.”

Sangsu immediately prepared his magic.

Just by the appearance of the crackling electricity in the air, it didn’t seem like a light spell at all.

“Jeongah-ssi, please check the situation from the entrance for now. We need to prevent the spider from climbing up again, so focus on keeping it in check.”

“Yes!”

Jeongah’s arrows weren’t a good match against the spider anyway.

They were too inaccurate to pierce its weak points and too weak to inflict serious damage.

So, if she could just properly keep it in check so that the boss couldn’t climb the walls again, she would be doing her part.

Doyun, of course, waited in a safe place.

“It seems like we have to do the hardest part……”

Sunhyeong smiled as if he had given up.

As a tanker, he must have been prepared for it from the beginning.

Jeonghyeon grinned and nodded.

“Well, that’s right.”

At that moment, Sangsu, who had been closing his eyes and preparing his magic, shouted.

“Here it goes!”

The electric current, which had been surging in a meaningful spherical shape above Sangsu’s head, shot up into the air.

And it went up to the boss, who was struggling less and less,

Kwa-rang━

and struck it in an instant.

Top Attack Lightning.

It was a flashy and powerful attack, called the flower of low-level lightning magic.

It was a spell that was hard to see from a D-rank Level 2, even though it took quite a while to cast.

Of course, compared to natural lightning, it was a weakened version, and in higher ranks, there were plenty of monsters that could shoot dozens of those in a few seconds, but in this situation, it was the best magic.

Chi-ik━

The smell of burning flesh vibrated, and they could see the white legs writhing in pain.

‘It’s definitely different when it’s D-rank.’

When he killed Heesu, it could only be said that he was lucky.

If he had fought with all his might, he would have died miserably.

Sangsu, wiping the sweat off his forehead, smiled faintly and said,

“Those insect-type monsters have a weakness to attacks from above. Because there’s no way to block them directly.”

At first glance, it sounded like the kind of bragging he had heard a few times before, but something flashed through Jeonghyeon’s mind when he heard it.

“Sunhyeong-ssi, how high can you throw your shield?”

“Huh? Throw it? What’s that all of a sudden?”

Eight legs that swept around without any blind spots.

And the characteristic of the party that it was difficult to inflict direct melee damage.

If they were willing to take a little risk, couldn’t they overcome it?

‘Of course, if they failed, they would die……’

But that was the same even if they continued a normal fight against the spider.

Eventually, they would die one by one, either from exhaustion or from being attacked.

Jeonghyeon grinned at Sunhyeong,

“Wh-what’s wrong?”

Sunhyeong flinched and stepped back, feeling an inexplicable chill.

“Just listen to me first.”

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After casting the strongest magic he could muster, Sangsu went into cooldown.

And the boss, regaining its senses, finally flipped itself over and began to move.

It was nothing short of a disaster.

“Kieeee!”

As if it didn’t want to admit that the tiny humans had caused it so much pain, it swept around and attacked anything it could see.

Kwa-gwang!

It was a tremendous destructive power, enough to leave deep marks on the wall where its claws struck.

The white spider rampaged frantically, as if it had no intention of climbing the walls, to the point where Jeongah, who was assigned to keep it from climbing the walls, had nothing to do.

And the target of its concentrated attack was, of course,

“Uwaaaak!”

Jeonghyeon.

It seemed to remember exactly who had dropped it from the ceiling.

It wasn’t that Sunhyeong didn’t try to draw its aggro, but the spider didn’t care.

It was fortunate that Jeonghyeon, the fastest in the party, was the target of the concentrated attack.

Because even Sunhyeong, the tanker, wouldn’t have been able to withstand those attacks head-on for more than three times.

He was screaming pathetically and dodging the attacks, but it was half to attract the spider’s attention more firmly.

In reality, Jeonghyeon was taking advantage of any gaps to examine the surrounding terrain.

‘I’ve conveyed the plan for now…… Eek!’

Kwa-ang━

Could Sunhyeong really keep up with his speed?

Jeonghyeon dodged the leg that was striking down at him.

Because it was swinging solely out of rage, it was mostly leisurely, but

Sometimes he had to dodge so narrowly that it grazed right in front of his eyes or the wind brushed against his sideburns.

Seeing the white, smooth legs with holes in them so close that his breath could reach them made his pores stand on end.

But even in the midst of all this, Jeonghyeon calmly led the spider to the position he wanted.

A wall with holes suitable for him to step on and jump from.

That was Jeonghyeon’s first destination.

‘It’s still following me well.’

Glancing at the spider’s back, Sunhyeong was also positioned behind the spider, maintaining a safe distance.

In any case, they were the ones who had been Hunters longer than him.

For now, he had no choice but to trust them.

When he thought he was close enough to the hole, Jeonghyeon changed his evasive movements and sprinted with all his might.

The boss, momentarily taken aback by his sudden change, also moved at high speed, following Jeonghyeon.

And when he finally reached the wall,

Jeonghyeon jumped up with the same momentum he had been running with.

“Kirit?”

Perhaps the spider’s senses couldn’t properly grasp Jeonghyeon’s quick movements, as it fumbled with its front pair of legs.

“Here!”

Along with Sunhyeong’s voice, his giant shield flew towards Jeonghyeon, who was in the air.

It was smoother than expected.

Surprisingly, Sunhyeong nimbly threw the shield, matching Jeonghyeon’s height.

And Jeonghyeon, easily catching the shield, lifted it high in the air and then plunged down, throwing his body along with it.

‘It’s working!’

The most troublesome thing about attacking a giant spider was its eight legs flailing around.

Severing them was the top priority, but there were two problems.

First, the lack of tools.

Second, the lack of a method.

Conversely, if he could solve these two problems, couldn’t he somehow defeat this giant spider?

The spider didn’t seem to notice until Jeonghyeon fell at high speed and finally landed right on top of it.

“If you don’t know, you get cut!”

Kwa-ang━

The attack, which had been solely the boss’s domain in the previous exchanges,

In that one-sided flow, the shield Jeonghyeon was holding plunged into the joint of the boss’s third leg.

It was also the spot where Jeonghyeon’s dagger and Sangsu’s magic had already inflicted considerable damage.

Kwa-jik━

Even if it was a shield made for defense, its weight of over 10kg and its sharp edge were more than enough to be a destructive weapon at this moment.

After a momentary impact like hitting a rock, the spider’s leg, unable to withstand it any longer, completely detached from its body.

The bodily fluids spraying from the severed section proved it.

“Kieeee━!”

The rock spider’s roar, filled with pain, echoed through the plaza.

No matter how mutated the boss was, it couldn’t overcome the structural weakness of its species.

The remaining seven legs that weren’t severed twitched and stiffened, and the spider’s body swayed greatly.

Jeonghyeon didn’t miss that ample opportunity.

“Die! Die!”

He adjusted his grip on the shield and started striking any leg he could see.

He had to strike multiple times because he couldn’t expect the same acceleration as before, but

Kwa-jik━

Kwak━

He succeeded in severing one more leg in an instant.

The spider, having lost two of the four legs attached to one side, no longer looked as overwhelming as before.

If he could sever one more, he could completely disrupt its center of gravity, but

“Kieek!”

Unfortunately, he couldn’t, as the spider, despite trembling from the pain, regained its posture and turned to face him directly.

Still, the scales of victory had definitely tipped.

The boss, as if realizing this, cautiously backed away, raising its front leg on the intact side in a threatening gesture.

It seemed to have realized that climbing the wall was its only remaining chance of victory.

“Where do you think you’re going!”

Pa-bak━

Pa-ji-jik━

But Jeongah, who had been assigned to keep the spider from climbing the wall, wouldn’t just stand by and watch.

In addition, Sangsu, whose cooldown had ended and who had started using magic again, blocked the boss monster.

Jeongah even showed off an acrobatic archery skill, nocking three arrows at once and firing them.

None of the three arrows dealt a fatal blow to the spider, but since it was difficult to pierce its tough skin anyway, they were excellent as suppressing shots.

The lightning magic, with its power that couldn’t be ignored, was needless to say.

Jeonghyeon smirked and said,

“It’s not going as you planned, is it?”

As if understanding his words,

The giant white spider only growled lowly, not rampaging as it had before.

It would know better than anyone that the odds were stacked against it.

Jeonghyeon felt a strong desire to read the spider’s mind if he could.

How desperate would the creature, which had been so confident, be now?

“Jeonghyeon-ssi!”

And when the spider calmed down to some extent, Sunhyeong stood beside Jeonghyeon.

He took back the shield and firmly positioned himself in front.

“Uh…… can you do it now?”

Jeonghyeon asked in a somewhat worried tone.

Even with two legs severed, the spider’s attacks would still be threatening.

But Sunhyeong grinned and replied,

“We have to try now. It’ll be better than before, won’t it?”

Jeonghyeon nodded at Sunhyeong’s confident words.

The eight legs, arranged symmetrically, didn’t just mean eight avenues of attack.

When one leg moved, another leg was needed to support it.

If it moved carelessly like before, it would collapse under its own weight.

The attacks wouldn’t be light, but they had to endure to survive.

“Jeongah-ssi, keep suppressing it! Sangsu-ssi, please attack now!”

“Yes!”

A reply came from behind in response to Jeonghyeon’s instructions.

He felt a sense of unity, as if they had become a perfect team.

It wasn’t a bad feeling.

Jeonghyeon shouted energetically.

“Then let’s start again!”