Episode 174
“Hehehehehehehe.”
He swallowed a gasping breath as he bent his back. In the meantime, even when dealing with the monster waves that took place in the front yard of the Forgotten Tower, I counted the enemies that were so out of strength.
Of course, it could be said that it was only because he was in a rear position in his later years supporting firepower from behind, and even that was not directly involved in combat, but mostly because he played a role close to auxiliary.
However, the fact that he has become unconscious and salivates all over the bartak as if he were a drunken person is a kind of self-denial that even he, who has firmly established his internal stability—a means to raise insufficient stats through physical training, etc.—has never been easily felt. It was like training.
Now, even with his wobbly legs, the reason he can safely stand on top of the stone building is not entirely him, but someone else.
Even so, it was definitely because he was the one who moved his body directly and used various skills to avoid the monsters that were chasing him at terrifying speed.
– are you okay?
“No… not at all. It’s the limit now. I really feel like dying.”
dump!
Hearing a familiar voice in his ears, he sat down as if sprawling on the stone floor.
It was still enough to die for.
The yellow jaundice floating on his face is so dark that it makes me wonder if he is a Finnish Englishman.
In the meantime, using the maze-like ruins of Shantalia as the stage, in order to escape from the unrefined energy of the dimension, he had done something that was no different than drinking a potion out of a bowl.
The level was so close to lethal that there was nothing to say about poisoning.
Currently, the potion he used at the Shantalia ruins is worth hundreds of thousands of won in cash.
It could be said that there are dozens of them, and they are things that cost an enormous amount of effort and effort.
“I didn’t know I could use magic enhancement potions, speed potions, wind whispers, potions of seclusion, potions of frenzy… even if it’s energy from another world, I used sticky ground, anti-magic field, and invisible field, but does it make sense that it doesn’t work? No matter how dungeon it is, it can be like this…?”
Wow!
So, on the other hand, he recites his own struggles as if complaining to Ser Kim’s words that flew in as a party message.
The terrible ghost that filled the entire waterway before he knew it—to him it was no different from a ghost—gave up at the ruins and spat and spat.
As he said, it would not be an exaggeration to say that the number of potions he had poured was a comprehensive gift set with varying effects and durations.
Even so, there was almost no unrefined dimensional energy that he could block or destroy as an Alchemist.
– I think it’s good. I don’t know if I hadn’t told you in advance, but the party would have been ruined. Things might be a lot better than they were before entering the Forgotten Tower.
“Yeah… it’s not like that. If only we could defeat that monster in one fell swoop, like that man really boasted.”
When Ser Kim’s words continued in his ears, he narrowed his brows. Between the stone buildings that could be seen in the distant light of the asrai, the terrifying arched door was immersed in an ink-colored aura.
However, the reason he called it a ‘monster’ was not only because the twisted dimensional gate stretched out unrefined dimensional energy to fill its lost power.
[Notice: The energy of the unrefined dimension is heading to one place!]
[Notice: The energy of the unrefined dimension is extinguished!]
[Warning: The energy of a powerful being is detected! Be very careful not to let the character die!]
Tring!
Eventually, when a system message warning of danger appeared in front of the eyes of the party members, including him, his eyes, which were focused on the round square, suddenly began to drop as if he were discovering an important chemical reaction.
The reason why they had no choice but to get as far away as possible without getting close to them despite the storm of twisted portals.
That’s why Ser Yuijing Kim and Violet, including Geomatak in the north, were positioned on top of the water gate pouring out waterfalls, each oriented west, south, and east.
It was the result of them rushing away to avoid being absorbed in the spirit of the unrefined dimension, but it was also the picture that Damian drew at the same time as warning the demon of the twisted dimension gate in the first place.
“Until now, I was somehow guiding you to the second phase by myself—but it might be a bit difficult from here on out. Fortunately, the level of the party is quite high, so we came all the way here without a single person dying, but this isn’t a place where you can clear it with a dildo like the first phase.
” I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve been to a party with four party members, including Mr.
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「Uh… I didn’t tell you one thing. That’s pretty close to zero damage for ranged attacks over a certain distance. This is all the more so because the twisted dimension gate is in the form of a building, and it is an established theory in the academic world that the energy of the other world that surrounds it is actually unmoved by tolerable physical force. Of course, it wouldn’t matter if it was a large-scale wide-area magic with enough power to blow up the entire dungeon.”
Therefore, the fact that they were scattered and located at the ends of the dungeon was purely based on Damian’s judgment.
“Let’s see. For now, trusting that man is the best we can do.”
Fuhuaaaaagh!
Before long, he muttered lowly as he watched the puddle of the twisted dimension gushing up like hot spring water.
* * *
“Okay. The setting is over.”
Tring!
Damian drew an arc while looking at the translucent system window in front of him. The locations of the party members were briefly displayed on his mini-map, which showed the interior of the Shantalia Ruins.
The small dots with the names of the party members flickered and flickered in red like diode lights, and the waterways of the ruins were densely lined up like a labyrinth underneath.
However, what caught Damian’s attention even more than the mini-map of the Shantalia ruins was the heated momentum of the twisted dimension rising right in front of his eyes.
“Master, bastard! Why are you here! Isn’t it an earthquake!”
“Beep beep beep beep!”
It was because the circular plaza of Shantalia was shaking the entire ruins with a trembling sound.
[Notice: The last Guardian Legionoxis has been summoned!]
[Notice: Defeat Legionoxis and purify the twisted portal!]
“… Coming.”
Chew!
While Damian raised mana, the circular plaza began to change completely.
To be precise, it was from the muddy, black puddle that lay beneath it.
At first glance, it sounds like a tearing film, or it sounds like water pouring on a hot spring stone floor.
However, the fact that it had the same color as the puddle, as if it had been covered with boiling tar, was so grotesque that the shape of the arm, which looked bony at first glance, was colorless.
– Kkeureuk… Kkeureuk…!
The voices they heard when the dimensional energies emanated from the warped portals were enough to raise eyebrows in those who heard them.
“Three. two. one. just now.”
Bebebebebebebebeop!
As Damian twisted his body as he counted down to himself, unrefined dimensional energy suddenly surged from the puddle in the round square.
It was a number reminiscent of dozens of thorns.
It was an attack so far that it was impossible to guess whether there was a place to escape in a space of about 10 pyeong, but it was not possible to block it just like that.
It goes without saying that the movement speed is reduced by 100% the moment an unrefined dimensional energy allows even one attack, and that various resources will be continuously absorbed.
That would be the case, even though the teammates were just vaguely evasive by arguing that he was just a demon of a twisted dimension.
It was not the twisted dimension gate that made the unrefined energy of the dimension materialize into a certain form like a school of sharks in the water and pursue the party, but the guardian’s ability to protect it.
“He’s been playing hard from the start.”
– Kiri-ri-ri-ri-ri-rik!
Damian whirled in place as his bony arms surged out of the puddle and at the same time as the thorns of the soggy texture rushed in.
At first glance, it looked like they were dancing from a distance, but from a closer look, it was a movement that would raise questions without even realizing it.
Not to mention, the thorns in the circular square are an attack that boasts a number so far that even most agile classes cannot easily dare to dare.
Even if the rankers who called themselves the best of the Assassins came, they were rushing in at a speed so fast that it was impossible to guarantee that they would avoid all of them.
Rather than being taken aback by the sudden surprise surge from the puddle, the person who became the target was quickly destroying the thorns with a movement that was no different from the height of efficiency.
It was a completely different look from the previous fighting style.
His consistent appearance was that if it was like before, he would be busy avoiding attacks using noisy movements and evasion skills.
Now, I didn’t feel any significant difficulties in evading myself enough without wasting such a line.
Of course, it was not so strange that Damian felt even a little bit of composure, even if there were scenes that were extremely dangerous, such as stepping out between the sides of a car with short hair or snagging his neck.
‘Ten seconds at most. Left 75 degrees diagonal 47 83 22 68 34 degrees. Then 121 degrees.’
Do-do-do-do-do-do-do!
Currently, what supports him is the formidable danger detection ability of the super sense < Sixth Sense >, which is not an exaggeration to say that it is an SSS-class passive.
As long as it doesn’t just stop at digitizing and calculating the warnings of < Six Sense >, it’s even displaying crazy insights that read up to 10 or 20 numbers ahead.
It was close to the realm of zero that Damian, who puts the entire aspect of the battle under his thoughts, would be busy with his mind and body moving his body driven by arithmetic as before.
“ah-. Come out quickly when you say good things. Don’t piss off busy people. Before getting hit behind the back while playing around in the water.”
– Squirt…! Kkereuk…!
“If you don’t understand what I’m saying, I’ll go first.”
Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Eventually, Damien’s new model began to stretch out in an instant, as if it stretched out the space.