Chapter 206. < Episode 66. Games are best when they are difficult (2). >
5.
No matter how great a star player is, it is impossible to broadcast live 24/7.
For that reason, star players used various methods to somehow appeal to themselves when not broadcasting.
Communicating with fans through SNS or repeatedly mentioning his presence through other famous players belonging to the same guild.
So did the fans.
– Yay, great event! no kidding!
In the case of the fans, they just suddenly mentioned the existence of the player they supported without any grounds, and did business as a so-called business.
– BJ Grand Wizard Jackpot Incident!
So, when someone talked about BJ Grand Mage, most of them thought it was sales.
Of course, the response was not good.
– What else are you talking about? Did the BJ Grand Mage tell you to fly into the sky?
b huh? how did you know?
But people couldn’t help but be interested in the story that followed.
– what? Did you really fly?
ㄴ As soon as BJ Daemage came to the big stage, he flew up on a stingray!
Is it real?
ㄴ No spy videos!
ㄴ It seems that the NPC came to pick it up, but it was the first NPC I saw.
ㄴ This smells like a big event.
Until now, after BJ Grand Mage entered the city and met the NPC, a big event always happened.
– Is it a new boss mob?
– It might be a new skill.
Naturally, people were interested in what BJ Grand Mage would show in the next live broadcast.
– The last live broadcast was bland.
ㄴ It must be so boring for a wizard to break a monster earthenware pot. Are you anti-BJ Grand Mage?
ㄴ You sound like an anti. To be honest, at that time, the BJ Great Mage had never dealt with a group of over 60!
ㄴ No, BJ Grand Mage doesn’t have eyes to see how many mobs are on the stage, did you do that on purpose? Now I’m trying to downplay it with luck.
ㄴ It’s true that you couldn’t show a performance against 100 ringed monkeys, whether you’re lucky or not, right?
At the same time as interest, each person’s opinion was presented, so a controversy arose.
– Come to think of it, I’m curious. Can BJ Grand Mage solo 100 ringed monkeys?
ㄴ BJ Grand Mage eats 30 of them all alone, but if the Lucky Gold Jackpot pops up, you might be able to catch 100?
b that’s not 50 and 100 aren’t just double the difficulty!
Will BJ Grand Mage have the ability to truly play solo in the stage tree forest?
An argument only possible because he is a BJ great mage.
Controversy like that has taken place all over the place.
It was the same in any small capsule room in Korea.
“These days, BJ Grand Mage competes against 100 ringed monkeys and it’s hot to win or lose.”
Those who came to the break room after the game also made the argument a topic of conversation.
“It doesn’t seem impossible.”
Most of the argument thought it was possible.
“But it won’t be easy.”
“It’s not easy, and even the BJ great mage has to catch up.”
But that it won’t be easy.
Of course, if the story ended like this, there would be no controversy.
“Ah, BJ Grand Mage didn’t reveal almost half of what he had last time, right?”
“Oh Hyeok-ju. You seem to have asked for some news?”
“According to my top-level information, BJ Grand Mage is hiding three hidden cards.”
“Three?”
“The moment it is released, it is said that you can easily catch 300 fish instead of 100.”
“really?”
BJ Daemage can create overwhelming results!
Such claims came from everywhere.
“Nothing. You’re a BJ master mage, aren’t you? Could you please show me the strife? Then you should drop the name BJ Grand Mage and change it to BJ Heo Jeop Dosa.”
This is also a possible claim because he is a BJ great mage.
In any case, the argument that started for that reason showed no signs of ending.
“Would we have to talk to each other for a hundred days to get an answer? A kid who plays games should tell you.”
Lee Hyuk-ju reacted reflexively to those words.
“Then there is only Hyunwoo hyung. Let me ask you once. What are Hyunwoo-hyung’s thoughts? I bet you probably have the same thoughts as me. Would you pay your whole fortune for BJ Grand Mage to deal lightly with a hundred ringed monkeys?”
6.
On the stage tree.
damn it!
Midas threw the fireball he was holding in his hand with sincere annoyance in that vast place.
Perong!
The fireball thrown like that hit the head of a ringed monkey with a height of 2 meters and made a thrilling sound.
However, Midas had no time to enjoy that thrill.
kid!
in the middle of the day!
Seven ringed monkeys were rushing from all sides with all their might to catch him.
It wasn’t even a situation where you could hope for the help of Lucky and Gold Jackpot.
All of them were dealing with more than six or seven ringed monkeys in a situation no different from Midas.
In such a situation, Midas stepped back and threw a fireball at the ringed monkey that was chasing him.
At the same time, Midas clenched his teeth.
‘I’m crazy.’
As soon as he checked the contents of the quest received from NPC Hitu, Midas thought.
Let’s test how far we can go against 100 ringed monkeys.
This was the test situation.
‘I prepared myself to prepare… … .’
Of course, the meticulous Midas couldn’t just ram his head in as a test.
I came up with a scenario with enough brains to roll my head, and I ran the simulation several times to match it.
I even searched for 20 minutes to find a stage tree with only 100 trees, no more and no less.
‘It’s much harder than expected.’
However, the pressure Midas felt during the actual battle was more than expected.
The reason was none other than head count.
No matter how much Midas is, he can’t predict the movement of all the 100 ringed monkeys.
‘Now it’s time to get full… … .’
[The matter has been charged.]
The moment he heard the notification he had been waiting for in such a situation, Midas shouted while raising his staff.
“Saan!
At that cry, the snake-headed eyes on Arvia’s staff gleamed and attacked Midas in front.
Queek!
[The ringed monkey falls into a petrified state.]
Along with the announcement that followed, thirty-two ringed monkeys in front of Midas became stone statues.
amazing sight.
‘shit.’
But Midas could not be overjoyed at the sight.
Scythe magic is for him a trump card for escaping a critical moment.
‘There are still 39 left!’
To use such a move in a situation where as many as 39 ringed monkeys remain.
In Midas’ opinion, it was proof that the war situation was very urgent.
“Fireball and Iceball and Fire Spear! Familiar Ice Spear!”
In the midst of that desperation, Midas cried out for magic casting.
K-King!
Krrr!
In the meantime, Lucky and his shadow clone attacked the ringed monkey, who was in a petrified state.
Kwak!
Such Lucky’s body was shining like a lump of metal.
Gold River Fire!
It was a nice sight to see, but it wasn’t a very good sight after all.
While using the Diamond Steel skill, you can’t use any skills until you unlock it.
It wasn’t even gigantic.
A state in which proper fighting ability cannot be demonstrated.
But I couldn’t help it.
If you use the gigantic skill, Lucky becomes a target that is too easy to hit.
Moreover, the throwing skill of the ringed monkeys was as powerful as breaking an ice wall.
Using Diamond Steel was also a choice to preserve Lucky’s HP as much as possible.
‘Survival ability is more important than attack power.’
If he didn’t choose that way, Lucky might die against over 100 ringed monkeys.
that was fatal.
In order to wake Lucky again, he had to suffer the same penalty as the player, aside from the need for a precious item called the life of a divine beast.
Even that was good for Lucky.
“master!”
In the case of gold, if it dies, it can be summoned again, but it is impossible to summon it again as an ice knight.
“Give me an attack order!”
It was for this reason that he ordered Gold to engage in a safety-oriented battle with a shield at the forefront without using Berserker and Giantization skills.
Lucky and Gold, who had played the role of tanks so far, are throwing away their tank roles.
coo-ooh!
In this situation, the jackpot is also something that can not be overdoing it.
Jackpot was excluded from the attack and only hovered in the air to prepare for any emergency.
Fire!
As a result, the burden on the Blaze Golems increased.
In the aforementioned situation, only the Blaze Golem was able to display its proper tanking ability.
And that burden led to Midas’ burden.
It was Midas’ magical power, not anyone else’s, that kept the Blaze Golem alive.
‘calm down.’
[Casting has been completed.]
Even in such a situation, Midas continued to use the casted magic sequentially while remaining as calm as possible.
One by one, starting with the fireball.
Actions are as simple and quick as possible.
But precisely towards the golden target of the target.
Perong!
[The ringed monkey was killed.]
So, Midas quickly removed the ones that came out of the group of ringed monkeys that had hardened.
‘not much left.’
Later, Midas, sensing that the petrification period had come to an end, shouted.
“Replay Shock Wave!”
replay.
The moment Midas pulls out the last card he can use.
[The ringed monkey’s petrification state ends.]
At that moment, the ringed monkeys released from their petrification state shouted at the same time.
Fierce battle started again!
widely!
In the middle of such a battle, the moment Midas snapped his fingers, an earthquake came to the stage tree.
A shock wave hit the group of ringed monkeys.
It’s also where the most people gather to catch Blaze Golems!
[The Ringed Monkeys have been eliminated.]
19 Ringed Monkeys, whose HP was already reduced by the effect of the Fire Step, flew away.
‘Eighteen.’
Now there are only 18 left.
But Midas shouted without composure.
“It’s a gold berserker!”
I finally let go of Gold’s reins.
“Lucky Geumgang Buddha Dismantlement. Lightning petrification!”
king!
The same goes for Lucky’s reins.
“Jackpot!
couw!
Then, Jackpot, which had been hovering around, responded to Midas’ cry and started falling towards one of the ringed monkeys.
“Fire Arrow and Ice Arrow and Lightning Arrow.”
And Midas cast his magic once again.
A battle where you literally squeezed out everything you had.
[Killed the ringed monkey.]
[Killed all the monsters on the stage.]
[Achieved the title of 100 hunters.]
Soon after, a notification was heard indicating that the battle was over.
A literal historic moment when Midas does what no one else in God Wars has ever done before, when he battles for victory against a group of 100 ringed monkeys.
But at that moment, Midas did not cheer.
“Uh.”
Instead, he let out a deep sigh and sat down on the floor.
A notification sounded in his ears.
[The effect of the buff potion disappears.]
‘I can only hear the sound of money flying.’
Notification that the expensive doping potion is over.
[Magic power has decreased to 10% or less.]
Midas didn’t even complain about the notification that followed.
‘If the distribution of horsepower is wrong… … It must have been terrible.’
I just relive the worst-case scenario that comes to mind.
Panting!
“Master, it was a really great battle.”
couw!
In the meantime, Lucky and the Gold Jackpot approached Midas.
The traces of battle were evident all over their bodies.
Among them, the most obvious trace was the HP status of the remaining two excluding the jackpot.
Both Lucky and Gold were barely maintaining 30% HP.
Midas immediately activated the inventory and took out an HP recovery potion from it.
“It’s gold.”
“Thank you, Master.”
One of the dogs was thrown to Gold.
Then, after taking out a new one, he poured it into his palm.
“Lucky.”
Panting!
As if Lucky had been waiting for the call that followed, he came over and started licking Midas’ palm.
Midas’ expression hardened as he saw Lucky’s appearance.
‘It’s a victory that only hurts.’
It was a victory, but a victory that cost too much.
Even the price of the potion was beyond common sense.
‘The cost of living for one month is gone.’
A level I could never have imagined before.
‘No, it’s better if it’s solved with money.’
However, what made Midas more concerned was that there had been no mistake in the current situation.
What if there was a mistake?
What if the skill cooldown calculation is wrong?
What if aggro management failed and the attack concentrated?
What if the Blaze Golem disappeared due to lack of magic on the way?
What if that resulted in someone leaving the party?
‘Dangerous.’
It’s like a fatal situation that can’t be solved with money.
More than anything, what troubled Midas was the fact that the test results were only this much.
“Quest window.”
Immediately upon Midas’ cry, a hologram of a quest list window appeared in front of his eyes, and Midas touched the top of it.
[Hitu’s Potion]
– Quest Level: Main scenario
– Quest Level: Level 164 or higher
– Quest Content: Defeat the ringed monkey group with the boss and collect the blood of the boss.
– Quest Reward: Hitu’s Potion
! After completing the quest, you can proceed with ‘The Shaman of the Ringed Monkeys’.
‘I can’t capture this quest with my level right now.’
You have to take a risk against 100 normal ringed monkeys without a boss, but even with a boss?
In a situation where even the strength of the boss itself is impossible to measure, what if the number of the group is not 100 but more than that?
Midas closed his eyes in front of the distance.
‘Mountain beyond the mountain.’
At this moment, only one answer came to Midas’ mind.
‘You have to take level 170 or 180 to get an estimate.’
Raising the level and producing results through spec up.
Other than that, I honestly couldn’t think of any other way.
I couldn’t recall.
‘Because at my current level, it’s impossible to improve my specs beyond this.’
Midas’ current level is already the highest level that can be achieved at his level 160 level.
Midas sighed in front of such a fact.
“ah…. .
‘How many days will it take to level 180?’
In a situation where I had already missed one commercial because I hadn’t been able to broadcast live for 10 days, a sigh came out of my mouth without realizing it.
king!
As if encouraging Midas, Lucky barked briefly.
couw!
Jackpot also made a sound as if to cheer up.
Gold was the same.
“Don’t worry too much, Master! I will be your spear and shield, piercing through and blocking anything!
Midas smiled bitterly at those words of encouragement that lasted longer and more clearly than anyone else.
In Midas’ mind, the hunting ground after the forest of the giant trees came to mind.
‘The next hunting ground is the land of world pioneers for level 200 players.’
land of pioneers.
A stage that is one level higher than the places Midas has been through so far.
Remembering that, Midas rather made up his mind.
‘Yeah, solo play is impossible now anyway. After all, in the land of pioneers, you have to play a party.’
Actually, it wasn’t a special resolution.
Party play in the land of pioneers is a matter of course without any need to worry.
In the case of Stage Tree Forest, fight on stage! It was only possible to play solo thanks to the uniqueness of Ra and Midas’ ability.
‘If it’s a party play rice cake, I can have enough topicality while achieving level 180.’
That’s how a picture was drawn in Midas’ mind, with the option of party play in mind.
‘If you can catch quest monsters together with players who don’t do main scenario quests… … It’s possible even faster.’
When that conclusion was reached, Midas rose from his seat.
Then he looked at the three waiting for his command one by one.
‘It’s better than risking the luck and the jackpot. It doesn’t make sense to play this game alone until the end, right?’
Looking at both Lucky and Jackpot, Midas, who had strengthened his resolve, soon turned to Gold.
‘Gold is even more…….’
Huh?
Only then could Midas be seen.
“Master, just trust me.”
A question mark floated above Gold’s head for the first time in a while.
