Chapter 325. < Episode 102. Defense (1). >
1.
Wizards’ magic in God Wars was a double-edged sword.
Especially in the case of wide-area magic, it was a very sharp knife.
There is nothing like this for catching monsters, but if you make a mistake, you can catch the party members as well.
That’s why wizards in God Wars put their neck on accuracy above all else.
The more powerful magic is obtained, the stronger the risk that allies take.
Of course, if the party members were melee dealers or tanks were mixed with monsters, no matter how good the hit rate was, it was meaningless.
So, the key to party hunting is how to create opportunities to use wide-area magic? It was a part.
Midas was no different, and in fact, whenever Midas used wide-area magic, it was always after putting Lucky or Gold Silver behind him.
That it cannot be used during a fierce battle.
‘no way…. .’
That was why Midas was surprised the moment he saw the effect of Aegis’ shield skill.
‘It really doesn’t affect me?’
The merit of fighting without thinking about the damage of allies was beyond imagination.
‘No, it can’t be. There must be conditions or restrictions on its use.’
Because of this, Midas was convinced that this Aegis’ shield skill would be different from what he had imagined.
‘Either the number of party members is limited, or a huge amount of magic is required, or there is a limit on the number of times.’
If the effect came out as imagined without any conditions, the game would be too easy.
‘I assure you, there’s no way this game will make it easy to suck honey and even honey.’
At least the God Wars that Midas had experienced was not a game that tolerated it.
‘If that’s really the case… … It must be that the difficulty of future quests will be damn high.’
If you give a great skill, it was a game where you had to bully the player somehow to relieve your stomach, even if you made the difficulty of the monster you have to deal with that skill right.
‘I have to figure it out first.’
In any case, Midas needed a detailed investigation and analysis of Aegis’ shield skill.
‘After figuring it out, I’ll write it properly.’
Such a huge bomb is meaningful only when it is detonated in a fully prepared state.
Moreover, this wasn’t the only thing Midas was concerned about.
Midas, who was looking at Aegis’ shield skill, immediately turned his gaze to check his inventory.
[Orb of Aegis]
– Grade: Legendary
– Wearable level: level 275 or higher
– An orb containing the power of Aegis. It is the driving force that makes Aegis Guardian move.
– Attack: 1
– Intelligence +500
– Magic +500
– 30% increase in effect when using buff skills.
– When using a buff skill, the duration is increased by 50%.
– When using a buff skill, the effect is applied to all party members
– When using a buff skill, magic power consumption increases in proportion to the number of party members applied
Aegis Orb.
The moment he checked the effect of the item, which was the original purpose, Midas let out a long sigh.
In fact, the Aegis Orb was also a great item.
‘Orion’s song and holy lightning widened.’
If you give this item to Jackpot, the guardian mode, Jackpot’s buff skill becomes a wide area skill.
‘Same with Haste and Strength.’
In addition, when Midas wore the Orb of Aegis, it was possible to widen it.
Considering that it was not possible to give buffs individually due to the already large number of people, there would be no more amazing item in terms of time and efficiency.
‘Even though magic will be destroyed.’
Of course, Midas’ magic consumption would increase as well, but the effect was indescribable.
How much more would the Aegis shield be added here?
To be honest, the picture was not easily drawn in Midas’ head.
‘I have to study properly.’
When further analysis and investigation is required.
Unfortunately, Midas did not have the time to do that.
[Completed the Aegis Temple]
[Achieved the title of Aegis Temple]
[Accomplished the title Chosen by the Aegis Shield]
[Completed the quest]
“Guys, let’s go outside. ”
The quest in the White Forest had just begun.
2.
“Temple of Aegis…. Right. The power of this orb seems to have stopped the activities of the Giant Ants.”
NPC Hogon, who was examining the Aegis Orb handed over by Midas, repeatedly exclaimed in admiration.
“Awesome, great! I am in awe of your abilities. I understand why the king called you here by royal order.”
Subsequently, NPC Hogon repeatedly praised Midas.
“Ah yes.”
However, on the face of Midas who was being praised, there was not a happy expression on his face, but rather a nervous expression.
It had to be.
‘You wouldn’t ask for it, would you?’
Wasn’t it a quest story about going to find something to stop the Giant Ant?
There was nothing strange about asking for something in such a situation.
Far from being weird, it seemed reasonable.
‘please.’
In many ways, it’s a part that has no choice but to be desperate.
“Nice to see you.”
At that time, NPC Hogon returned the Aegis Orb to Midas, and Midas quickly received it.
Don’t you need something? The question did not spit out a speck of dust.
On the contrary, as if a crab was hiding its eyes from Maparam, he quickly retrieved the Aegis Orb and put it into his inventory.
“What should I do next?”
And then proceeded with the quest straight away.
To get rid of any room for giving back as quickly as possible.
“Anyway, I don’t think the things you’ve been looking for will help the current situation.”
“yes?”
doesn’t help?
‘Then why did you tell me to go?’
Then why the hell did you have to go to high school?
‘You’re trying to make another high school student?’
As concerns and annoyances welled up after such doubts, NPC Hogon continued talking.
“Certainly, if there is an artifact containing the power of Aegis, it will be able to affect the Giant Ant. But isn’t it possible to get hundreds of such artifacts? That’s why I said it’s useless.”
At those words, the irritation on Midas’ face melted away like snow, and instead he smiled broadly.
“Yes? You won’t need it, right? Good idea!”
‘Okay, I’ll eat well.’
In front of that smile, NPC Hogon said with a firm expression.
Midas smiled at that hard expression.
‘Did I laugh too openly?’
It was because he thought he was angry because of his smile.
‘No, it can’t have anything to do with that, right?’
However, it was impossible for the NPC’s expression to be crumpled just for that reason.
Meaning there are other reasons.
‘It’s chilly.’
While Midas guessed the reason, NPC Hogon opened his mouth.
“This was the only hope, but I don’t think we can avoid war.”
“War?”
“Yes war.”
Along with the horse, NPC Hogon said.
“Recently, there was a war between the queen ants while the giant ants were rampaging. And the war is over.”
Midas felt chills at the words that followed.
‘Queen ants?’
The fact that there are many queen ants is the first setting I have heard of.
But was there a war between those queen ants? And the war is over?
It was not difficult to predict what would happen next.
After the battle of the kings, only one was born.
“When that war is over, there will be a queen ant who will lead all the Giant Ants here. If I had to put it into words, I would have to call it the queen ant.”
Emperor!
The moment that distant word came out, of course, Midas felt it.
‘The next boss fight must be hell.’
In the future, sooner or later, we will face another war with a level of difficulty that will make hell stick out its tongue.
Midas quickly acclimatized to that fact.
‘Then it is. There’s no way I’ll allow this trash game to go easy.’
Rather, it feels quite natural.
Because of this, Midas spoke with a calm expression instead of anger.
“Then now we can catch the queen ant.”
‘Yes, I’ll gladly catch you.’
I’ll catch you, so ask for the quest.
At Midas’ words, NPC Hogon asked with a surprised expression.
“Catch?
“yes? Isn’t that what you catch?”
In response, Midas tilted his head and asked a question, and in response to that question, NPC Hogon made an unreasonable expression and said,
“If it were that easy, the King wouldn’t have sent you here. And I wouldn’t have asked you like this.”
With those words, he turned his head and looked toward the White Forest.
“Sooner or later, the Empress Ant will lead an army of Giant Ants and try to exterminate all races other than their own. It will be daunting just to survive that war.”
Only then did Midas realize.
‘no way?’
That this quest was a completely different quest from what he had thought.
“I will go ask the king for help. In the meantime, I want you to hold out here.”
[A new quest has been updated in the main scenario quest list.]
A quest window appeared in front of Midas.
[Quest Empress Ant]
– Quest Level: Main scenario
– Quest Level: 299 or lower
– Quest Content: Survive from the Empress Ant Corps until the royal reinforcements arrive!
– Quest Reward: Unknown
! Quest Reward: Master Skill Book (Legendary)
! Upon completion of the quest, you can proceed with ‘Congratulations to the King’
.
‘oh my god.’
Neither the rewards nor the contents of the quest seemed simple.
But the surprise ended there.
[The Empress Ant has appeared.]
[The Empress Ant event is triggered.]
[All EXP gained during the event increases by 30%.]
[The chance to obtain a higher grade item increases by 30% during the event. ]
[After 72 hours, the queen ant invasion begins. Invasion lasts 4 hours. All players in the White Forest must gather strength and survive.]
As soon as all the players in the White Forest heard the notification, Midas couldn’t be more surprised.
3.
Immediately after the live broadcast of BJ Archmage, the God Wars community was literally in a series of explosions.
– Cut Aegis Temple by 2 hours? What’s so great about it? what? 2 days and 1 night?
– Do you have a dog hole?
– uh? Lucky-sama’s Inrang Mode!
Unexpected shock from the start.
– Enter the boss room.
– You said you’re going to catch it without breaking the shield?
– Caught with Crazy Hellfire!
Then, the boss battle also produced unconventional results, and the result ended more splendidly than ever.
The pinnacle was Aegis’s shield skill.
– Got the shield skill of Aegis, the great mage of BJ!
– Legendary Epic rating!
– It looks like a huge giant. They said they uploaded a video of the main scenario strategy under the condition of hiding it!
Even the declaration of BJ Grand Mage that it is difficult to disclose the specialness of acquiring skills through Shingi.
– Every time a real BJ master mage does something, it explodes.
– You’re a fan of BJ Grand Mage because of this taste.
It was a situation where happy screams could come out from the point of view of watching and enjoying God Wars.
– Oh, I ate too much rice cake, so I’m full, then I’m full.
– Now I want you to stop sprinkling rice cakes.
There were even people who complained of indigestion from this gigantic rice cake that came out without a break.
Of course it was a joke.
– uh? Got some breaking news?
What else is breaking news?
ㄴ I think something happened in the White Forest?
A white forest? What happened?
I heard that the queen ants are invading?
b what?
But then, when new breaking news was heard.
– Looks like BJ Grand Mage did something again?
– Wow, really, how many times do you explode?
– I wish I could take it easy.
By that time, some really started to complain of fatigue from eating too many rice cakes.
‘Oh, I’m dizzy. I’m dizzy.’
Of course, it was Jeong Hyeon-woo, who was at the center of all these rice cakes, who complained of the deepest fatigue among them.
‘How should I do this?’
The situation has grown out of control more than I thought.
‘I have to sort it out somehow… … .’
Moreover, Jung Hyeon-woo had an obligation to collect the rice cakes he had sprinkled very well.
In fact, the answer has already been decided.
‘Anyway, you have to show the certainty at once. While defending against the queen ants, I have to show them how to properly use the Aegis shield skill.’
In a situation where it was impossible to collect these rice cakes individually, it had to be collected at once.
That was the reason for the concern.
‘The problem is the difficulty level of the Empress Ant event…’
From the circumstances, it was clear that the difficulty level of the Empress Ant Defense would be very high.
It was the first time that a God Wars NPC had ever said something like “It’s too much for me to survive.”
If so, it meant that just surviving was not easy.
Even more, isn’t it 4 hours?
Surviving for 4 hours means that a huge attack will come during those 4 hours.
‘It’s active there.’
In the face of a disaster-like situation, using Aegis’s shield skill, he goes beyond survival and overwhelms the ants?
In terms of the Olympics, it was a task at the level of not only winning a gold medal but also breaking a world record.
Something that will take your breath away.
‘I have to do it.’
I couldn’t avoid it though.
‘There’s nothing I can’t do. If you use the Aegis shield, it will only be an illusion if they come in droves. I just have to survive anyway.’
Also, from Jung Hyun-woo’s point of view, it wasn’t the worst.
Isn’t Jung Hyeon-woo more confident than anyone else when it comes to his ability to survive?
For him, enduring the onslaught of attacks for four hours was something worth trying.
‘Let’s give up hunting the queen ants.’
Because of this, Midas excluded the queen ant hunt from his mind.
‘Now we have to focus on survival. The catch is after seeing the situation unfold.’
When the opportunity comes, let’s not overdo it to seize it.
‘And I’m not giving you anything to catch the queen ant, right?’
There is no need to risk your life and do something worthless.
“Whoa!”
Just as Jeong Hyeon-woo was drawing a picture in his head, a scream from someone hit his eardrum.
“What is it? what’s the matter?”
Jung Hyeon-woo, startled by the scream, turned his head in the direction of the sound.
Then, he saw Lee Hyuk-ju holding his smartphone and making a noise.
Then, as soon as their eyes met, Lee Hyuk-ju shouted at Jeong Hyeon-woo.
“brother! oh my god! What a hit!”
At those words, Jeong Hyeon-woo put on a puzzled expression.
Just looking at it, I heard strange news from somewhere and came to make a fuss by myself.
‘You’re frightening people, so I’m going to die of confusion.’
The fact that he was surprised by the fuss made Jung Hyeon-woo’s planting undesirable in many ways.
Of course, the reaction was not good.
“Hey, why are you screaming all of a sudden? huh? Can’t you see the other guests are surprised?”
“Hyung, I got really great news!”
“The jackpot must have come from somewhere else.”
Jung Hyeon-woo, who is still blunt.
He said to Jung Hyeon-woo, showing the smartphone screen Lee Hyuk-ju was looking at like a map.
“Jungwon Guild announced! BJ Tsushima Love Empress Ant Raid Race!”
